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Historical Items

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Item 18379

St. Louis Chapel School, New Auburn, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1895 Location: Auburn Media: Ink on paper

Item 81585

Ruins of New Auburn Fire, 1933

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1933-05-15 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 81586

Dupont Bakery Ruins, Auburn, 1933

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1933-05-15 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109604

New offices in Fitz Bros. Last Factory, Auburn, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897 Location: Auburn Client: Fitz Bros. Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Online Exhibits

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La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

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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.

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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Site Pages

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Most of this work was in the Lewiston-Auburn area. After Stevens’ death in 1880, Coombs continued to practice architecture on his own."

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… the Lone Pine Mountaineers Hal Lone Pine, Auburn, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society The Lone Pine Mountaineers, Bangor, ca."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Harriman in Auburn, where he worked as a designer from 1956 to 1961. From 1961 until his retirement in 1978, he directed Harriman’s design department."

My Maine Stories

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A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars