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Historical Items

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Item 14368

Testing fire net, Bangor, ca. 1973

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1973 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 7422

Counselors and campers around campfire, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: circa 1950 Location: Fayette Media: Photographic print

Item 6881

B-flat fife, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Brass, walnut or rosewood

Online Exhibits

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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

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Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

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Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… the calm of peace and the growth of log huts, the ring of the ax in the great forest, and the hum of life in the home of the hardy pioneer."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Ringing Point, as it is called, was constructed upon the property of the former Dane Cottage, and still remains standing to this day."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

""At eleven o'clock on each day the bell would ring, the masons come down from the ladders, the joiners drop their tools, and all would partake of…"

My Maine Stories

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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

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Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics