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Historical Items

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Item 84

Plate depicting the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1620 Location: Plymouth Media: Earthenware

Item 72

Thanksgiving Day at Casco Street School, Portland, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 108

Chestnut Street School Thanksgiving, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110136

Additions to Pilgrim Apartments for Clough & Maxim Co., Portland, 1924-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1927 Location: Portland Client: Clough & Maxim Co. Architect: John P. Thomas

Online Exhibits

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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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Giving Thanks

Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.

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Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke

Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES "John Bunyon's Dream Story". Publishers promotional postcard. 1913.

"… a children's book "John Bunyon's Dream Book: the Pilgrim's progress retold for children and adapted to school reading". 1913."

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Historic Hallowell - Hall-Dale Middle School 2009-2010

"… Peaslee Mason Peaslee Nicole Pelletier Jake Pilgrim Chris Pomerleau Krissy Price Sam Randall Courtney Rhoten Ethan Rolfe Morgan Rush Joe Rushlau…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Her grandson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, later wrote a famous poem about his Pilgrim ancestors. Elizabeth ran the Portland household."

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.