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Historical Items

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Item 30166

Parade up Main Street, Sanford, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Sanford Media: Photo transparency

Item 9709

Leavitt & Co. Store, Sanford

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 69932

Bald Head Cliff, Ogunquit, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"East Surry residents proudly capitalized the E in East. Residing on Surry's peninsula, Newbury Neckers were mainly impoverished squatters surviving…"

Site Page

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Wilkinson's death sentence, the law stating No Capital Punishment in Maine was made. Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison without…"

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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… Merry Widow in Lewiston and Faust in Biddeford, capitalizing on the opera craze in America during the late 1800s."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC