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Historical Items

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Item 71792

Veterans Administration Facility Barracks, Togus, ca. 1938

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

Item 109058

Downtown Stockton Springs, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 66315

Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Boothbay Media: Linen texture postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116614

Home for aged women, Portland, 1900-1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1926 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ

A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Site Pages

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"The organization spent much of its time soliciting funds for monuments and memorials, busts and equestrian statues of Union soldiers and heroes…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The organization formed in the years following the Civil War to improve the economic and social position of farmers and their families."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down