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Historical Items

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Item 11248

Child's rocking chair, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland; Westbrook Media: Birch or maple

Item 16431

Old Chain Bridge over the Merrimack River, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Newburyport Media: Photographic print

Item 12347

Ice cream freezer, Brunswick, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1935 Location: Brunswick Media: Tin, paper

Online Exhibits

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Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

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The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… birch wood was the most suitable material for the product, as well as the production. For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in…"

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer Dr. Henry ClearwaterHubbard Free Library Henry P."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… of Charles Forster, inventor of the machinery to mass-produce the wood toothpick. Within these pages you will find a wealth of local knowledge and…"

My Maine Stories

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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