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Item 103363

Storefronts on Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ca. 1890

Storefronts on Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ca. 1890

Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: circa 1890 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 70081

Main Street, Old Town, ca. 1938

Main Street, Old Town, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 76040

J. H. Wolf clothing store, Portland, ca. 1900

J. H. Wolf clothing store, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911

Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

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MMN Image 108788

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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Pepperell Manufacturing fire insurance map, 1929

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.