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Item 28018

Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: 1913 Location: London Media: Ink on paper, black and white printed poster w/ ph

Item 35654

Hopley Yeaton reburial, New London, Connecticut, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975-08-23 Location: New London; Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 28038

Dorothy Pierce, London, 1882

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: London Media: Carte de visite

Online Exhibits

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The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family

Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.

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Picturing Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.

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Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing

Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913

"Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Lillian Nordica began a…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… Henry Garland New York Hippodrome Crystal Palace, London 1853 railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor accident Soldiers Monument, Mount Hope…"

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Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… medical research and through his connections in London. He became aware of Dr. Edward Jenner's development of a cowpox vaccine, as a preventative…"

My Maine Stories

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30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma

30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine

Story

How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings

Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

Lesson Plans

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Longfellow Studies: "Haunted Houses"

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Longfellow's collection The Courtship of Miles Standish and other Poems was published in 1858. It sold 250,000 copies in two months and over 10.000 copies in London on the first day; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was extremely popular during his lifetime. "Haunted Houses" is a work from that collection. It is a poem that is especially appealing around Halloween. The poem welcomes the reader to a place where "The spirit-world around the world of sense floats like an atmosphere . . ."