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Item 27919

Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca. 1908

Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Private Collection through Patten Free Library Date: circa 1907 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 27889

Opening of Carlton Bridge, Bath, Nov. 15, 1927

Opening of Carlton Bridge, Bath, Nov. 15, 1927

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1927-11-15 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Child's chair with portrait, Portland, 1908

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

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Khadija Guled, Portland, 2009

400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.