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Historical Items

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Item 21717

Red Row Houses, Stockholm, ca. 1925

Contributed by: An individual through Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104171

Paper mill workers, Millinocket, 1903

Mystery Corner Item Do you know the people in this image?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Item 19533

Logs at a Stockholm mill, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here

From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.

Site Pages

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation…"

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"9 East Rumford, No. 12 Red Hill, and No. 13 Isthmus. Stephens High School State Champions, Rumford, 1913Greater Rumford Area Historical Society…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early…"

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

Story

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

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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference