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Historical Items

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Item 69934

View from bathing beach, Ogunquit, ca. 1938

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

Item 69963

Plaque on the Marginal Way, Ogunquit, ca. 1938

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

Item 71865

Cliff Walk and Marshall House, York Harbor, ca. 1938

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

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Fallen Heroes: Last of the Jewish WWII Veterans

Listen to recordings from the last of the World War II Jewish veterans.

Exhibit

Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Certain signs cut on trees marked paths from one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Site Page

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… times, but both buildings AND roads, the ancient paths and rough trails that were so essential to our settlement, stand sentinel to the heritage of…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.