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Keywords: Burned

Historical Items

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Item 20992

Burned Universalist Church, Brunswick, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1884 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereopticon slide

Item 100107

"Portland burned July 5, 1866"

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Lithograph

Item 19252

Andersonville Prison, J.B. Walker, lithograph

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Andersonville Media: Paper

Tax Records

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Item 68560

Burn property, Cushing's Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George Burn Use: Cottage

Item 82514

Burns property, Oaklawn Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Isabella A. Burns Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 83147

Burns property, N. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fred E, Burns Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111319

Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1904 Location: St. Louis Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 116396

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116430

Portland City Hall, Portland, 1909-1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1912 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: Carrere & Hastings Architects

Online Exhibits

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Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Student Exhibit: Can You Help Our Free Skowhegan Public Library?

The Skowhegan Free Public Library was built in 1889 with money donated by Abner Coburn and the town of Skowhegan. Mr. Coburn left $30,000 in his will towards the building of the library. In 2005, for the library to fully keep up with their programs need to make some renovations. These changes would allow for more use of technology, more room for children's programs, and provide handicap accessibility.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1907

"… Presque Isle, with a message to Miss Flora Burns, August 15, 1907. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"In 1900, the building burned down for the first time. In 1903, it was re-built, this time from brick."

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"… in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it burned in 1922, suggests that this photo was taken around 1925."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns

My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.

Story

Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani

Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.

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Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker

Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s