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Historical Items

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Item 31013

Deacon Humphrey's store, Cumberland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 101360

Mending seine nets, Monhegan, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 7287

Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1668-11-28 Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Humphrey Pike, 2nd Lieut. John Lord, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, and 36 Privates. Next..."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Sarri Humphrey was engaged to him and went as a mourner to the grave.” Luther Lawrence is buried next to his parents Nathaniel and Mary and his…"