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Historical Items

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Item 34800

Blue Hill Consolidated School, Blue Hill, 1939

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1939 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Item 33858

Blue Hill Mountain fire tower, Blue Hill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Item 34802

Charles John Dunn, graduate of Blue Hill Academy, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1918 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

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Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… in founding reform groups known for using red or blue ribbons as their symbols. Dr. Joseph E. Turner of Bath was one of the first medical…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"The chorus: I’ve got the blues I’ve got the blues I’ve got the alcoholic blues No more beer my heart to cheer Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… Mug, 1780-1800 English Pearlware with underglaze blue painted decoration Courtesy of W.M. Schwind, Jr."

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.