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Historical Items

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Item 73624

Air Show aviators, Old Orchard, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative

Item 103130

Air marking, Gorham, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Gorham Media: Glass Negative

Item 73627

Air show, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

My Maine Stories

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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII