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Keywords: Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Historical Items

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Item 105281

Students at Cottage Farm School, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1913

Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: circa 1913 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Item 105226

Cottage Farm School, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1914

Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: circa 1914 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Item 18323

Cottage Farm School children, Cape Elizabeth, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 87422

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

Owner in 1924: Elsie M. Carr Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110755

Pond Cove Schools Jr. High connection unit, Cape Elizabeth, 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Town of Cape Elizabeth Architect: John Calvin Stevens II

Item 111794

Cape Elizabeth primary school, 1947-1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1953 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Town of Cape Elizabeth Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Item 111773

Cape Elizabeth primary school, Cape Elizabeth, 1948-1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1954 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Town of Cape Elizabeth Architect: John Calvin Stevens II

Online Exhibits

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Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Society An ambrotype of Richmond’s Island in Cape Elizabeth shows the newly constructed retirement home of longtime Portland physician James M."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… high school bands including Portland, Deering, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Berwick Academy, and Sanford parade down Park Avenue in Portland as…"

My Maine Stories

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Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

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Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin

Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.

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Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich

Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.