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Item 101745

Elihu Washburne on clothing and politics, Hallowell, 1837

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1837-05-26 Location: Hallowell; Hampden Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23347

Colliers victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-08-13 Media: Ink on paper

Item 25774

Sketch of Androscoggin River, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: circa 1830 Location: Lewiston Media: Watercolor

Online Exhibits

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A Handwritten Community Newspaper

The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.

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Gladys Hasty Carroll, South Berwick, 1937

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

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Bakers and Confectioners trade banner, Portland, 1841

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… editor for the annual yearbook The Oracle, chronicled the 1941-1942 season during which Bangor won six games and lost two."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… Barber of Fleet Street”, and “The Spiderwick Chronicles”. Sources: Clark, Janice. "Lights Go out for Good in Theater." Bangor Daily News 4 Jan."

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Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"… 1900s, the Lincoln News was called the Lincoln Chronicle and came out on Saturday. Then in the middle of the 1900s, it was called the Lincoln News…"