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Keywords: 1905

Historical Items

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Item 7821

Japanese Peace Conference, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Kittery; New Castle Media: Postcard

Item 7826

Hotel at Wentworth, New Castle, New Hampshire, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: New Castle Media: Postcard

Item 16818

Pleasant Street, Springvale

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116318

Miscellaneous houses, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109571

House for Mr. Emil Demuth, Lisbon, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Lisbon Client: Emil DeMuth Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109948

General plan for park system, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Online Exhibits

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Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

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People, Pets & Portraits

Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.

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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This school was built in the…"

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"In 1904 they started basketball; also in 1904 and 1905 they won their first championship. They won all championships in 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"… a well-known Presque Isle jeweler, was born in 1905 in San Francisco, California. At twenty-eight, he opened his first business in Presque Isle."

My Maine Stories

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference