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Historical Items

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Item 108634

New Meadows Inn, Bath, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Bath Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 71727

The Samoset Hotel, Rockland, ca. 1938

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

Item 33672

The Normandie, Scarborough, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Exhibit

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… a stop for the stagecoach and, in addition to the dining room and traveler's rooms, it had a large horse stable."

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… reception hall, a library, and a parlor or dining room. The second floor has six roomy chambers so arranged as to be let in suites with private…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Homestead could seat up to sixty people in its dining hall and communal meals were commonplace. The homestead offered its guests fresh produce and…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma

30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine

Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR