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Item 28729

Benefit party for the Wardwell Home, Saco, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 34595

Attendees of a Saco lawn party, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912-08-07 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 81082

Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1929–1940 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They were 60-room mansions with clipped lawns and formal gardens, estates reflecting their owners' wealth and rank."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel. In the tunnel were reportedly old clothes and other items which may…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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