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Historical Items

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Item 40468

Maine Centennial Parade of Horribles, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 40463

Parade of Horribles and Antiques, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 40451

Maine Centennial parade, Parade of Horribles and Antiques, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.

Exhibit

Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Exhibit

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"After horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would get together and use music in a parade going up and down the streets to…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr. Perkins was awakened by the noise of the cracking timbers. At the end of it all Mr."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the thermometer and waiting."

My Maine Stories

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Story

My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson

I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea

Story

We will remember
by Sam Kelley

My service in the Vietnam War

Story

My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.