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Item 11305

Leroy Dudley, Baxter State Park, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: circa 1935 Location: Mt. Katahdin Twp. Media: Photographic print

Item 148978

Map of Township 3 Range 9, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: T3 R9 WELS Media: Ink on linen; hand coloring

Item 6541

Burnham & Morrill corn plant, Fryeburg, 1938

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905

Extracting Wealth

Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.

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For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

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Chinese in Maine

In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.