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Historical Items

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Item 80361

Moxie glasses, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Friendship Media: Glass Negative

Item 10496

Sing's of Bangor glass, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Bangor Media: Glass

Item 135782

Dining Room (West Wall), Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Exhibit

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… glass Courtesy of Arlene Palmer Schwind X Drinking Mug, ca. 1775 Belonging to John Coburn (1725-1803), Boston Silver Courtesy of the The…"

Site Page

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"His drinking glasses, noted for their fine quality, were blown, cut, and engraved with scenes depicting animals in landscapes."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"951, vol. 14 Public drinking establishments were regulated in Maine as early as 1636 when tavern keepers were held accountable for allowing anyone to…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Fond Memories of Westport Island

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars