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Historical Items

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Item 105904

Paragon Button Corporation, Waldoboro, 1921

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1921 Location: Waldoboro Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 83660

Maine state uniform button, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Brass

Item 83674

Civil War infantry button, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Brass

Online Exhibits

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The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.