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Historical Items

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Item 16879

Main Street Looking North, Springvale, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 10850

Hiawatha Spoon Pattern, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Media: Ink on paper

Item 9043

Skowhegan Wheel Club, 1894

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1894 Location: Skowhegan; Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 58132

136 Holm Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edward G. Roast Use: Dwelling - Single House

Online Exhibits

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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.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Sally Holmes of Alfred wore this evening gown in…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Sally Holmes was the wife of Senator John Holmes, one of Maine's first senators. Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"[1] Schriver, Edward O. and David C. Smith, eds., Maine: A History through Selected Readings, (Orono: University of Maine at Orono, 1985), 65-68."

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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