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Historical Items

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Item 14455

Women around a tree, Bucksport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 24008

Lobster Country, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1980 Media: Postcard

Item 80462

View of Friendship, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… town, with its waterfront and cathedrals, its quaint German architecture and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… scholars, and academics to this otherwise quaint and rural area of Maine. Farmington is unique because much of its history is well documented and…"