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Historical Items

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Item 6028

Mount Pleasant House, Carroll, N.H., ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Location: Carroll Media: Architectural drawing

Item 66371

View of Pleasant Mountain and Highland Lake, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 6405

Kennebec River and Railroad bridge, Skowhegan, ca. 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Skowhegan Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111314

Mount Pleasant House, NH, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1894 Location: Carroll Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.

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Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

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Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… Indian encampment at Bar Harbor will be found a pleasant place to wile away an hour or two. The village is composed of a score or two of little…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Seldom have pleasanter days been spent than those recalled while writing out this sketch. We have coasted in good company and under good pilotage…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"Passamaquoddy group at Pleasant Point, 1906Nylander Museum Most Wabanakis were Catholic. While in Bar Harbor, some went daily or weekly to Mass at…"

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR