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Historical Items

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Item 18399

Tancrel House, Lewiston, 1895

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1895-06-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 104740

Delegates of the NFBPWC at a clambake, Peaks Island, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: glass negative

Item 72

Thanksgiving Day at Casco Street School, Portland, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Giving Thanks

Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.

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La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

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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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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Architecture in the 20th Century

"… “ (Driving through Thomaston is an) aesthetic feast for the lover of fine old houses. Along its streets are some of ship-lapped, pilastered design…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… a few years ceased bearing and died, my children feasted on this tree all the days it bore." View additional information about this item on the…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They would sometimes have big seafood feasts, where they would cook on hot rocks, and seaweed. The Abenakis dried their seafood they caught during…"

My Maine Stories

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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