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Historical Items

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Item 105868

Postal worker appreciation, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-04-20 Location: Portland Media: Digital image

Item 103828

Postal carriers distribute pension application blanks, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-11-24 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 31415

Brady Gang telegram about plane, Bangor, October 14, 1937

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-10-14 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109732

U.S. Post Office, Lewiston, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Lewiston Client: United States Postal Service Architect: not listed

Online Exhibits

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The Public Face of Christmas

Christmas, a Christian holiday observed by many Mainers, has a very public, seasonal face that makes it visible to those of all beliefs.

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A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The Lincoln postal service has served the people of Lincoln for 185 years, since March 3, 1825. The mail route was established from Bangor."

Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"The Island's public health and postal services have been marked by the continued placement of women in leadership positions over the past century."

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Maine Forest Service

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

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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