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Historical Items

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Item 100059

Tin tube fire extinguisher, Waldoboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Waldoboro Media: Tin

Item 103922

Pepperell Mill canal, Biddeford, 2017

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1842 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph

Item 13473

Lifering from the ship S.S Oakey L. Alexander, 1947

Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: 1947 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Styrofoam

Tax Records

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Item 37327

209-215 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Percival P. Baxter Agent Use: Store

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Nuclear Energy for Maine?

Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.

Exhibit

Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

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Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… outfit; and a long, collared, short sleeved, tube-shaped dress entirely covered with red and green machine embroidery."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"The ideal shapeless tube-like figure, was sometime called boyish or androgynous. Underwear was simplified to avoid bulkiness under the new slim…"

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"In addition, hospital staff now enjoyed the latest pneumatic tubes for transmission of messages and prescriptions."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Water is Music
by P Leone

Throughout her life water has played an important part

Story

Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

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

Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference