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Historical Items

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Item 148130

One dollar bank note from the Central Bank, Gray, 1857

Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Gray Media: tissue paper

Item 148131

Two dollar bank note from the Central Bank, Gray, 1857

Courtesy of June Contreras, an individual partner Date: 1857 Location: Gray Media: tissue paper

Item 73285

Gray Grange, Gray, ca. 1922

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

Tax Records

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Item 56984

12 Gray Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Abbie Geary Cook Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 56985

13 Gray Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Roscoe C. Wentworth Use: Apartments

Item 56990

17 Gray Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frank D. Sterling Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.

Exhibit

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Site Pages

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Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979

"Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description In 1862 a grieving Gray family…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4

"An early 1870s short gray-green basque dress also features a flat front skirt, with an overdress creating a heavy double layered skirt at the back…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… edge to edge jacket made of diamond quilted pale gray, white and silver lurex flecked fabric is trimmed with nubby lurex flecked braid."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Two-minute Tale of the Pandemic
by Nancy Creighton Collins

What everyday life was like during the beginning of the pandemic.

Story

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.

Story

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily