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Historical Items

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Item 8145

Southerly Side of Water Street, about 1890

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1890 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 23022

Fairview Acres Housing Project, Presque Isle, 1944

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1944-07-22 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 76258

Blowing the Big Rock at Pond School, St. Albans, 1922

Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: 1922-04-28 Location: St. Albans Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111649

Julian/Forrest residence elevations, Kennebunkport, 2009-2014

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2009–2014 Location: Kennebunkport; Kennebunkport Clients: Nancie M. Julian; William D. Forrest Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… due to insurmountable competition from a new 8-screen movie complex at the Aroostook Centre Mall."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… about 30 years ago, there was a landslide at the screen chamber of the gravity feed system. After that incident, some shale lodged in the pipe…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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My Maine Stories

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Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.

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My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars