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Keywords: Rites and ceremonies

Historical Items

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Item 12328

Johnson wedding, Brunswick, 1945

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1945 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 8855

Launching of the yacht CORSAIR (IV) at Bath Iron Works, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1930-04-10 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 35348

Hopley Yeaton reburial ceremony, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975-08-19 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111317

Mortuary Chapel, Gorham, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Gorham Client: Sarah E. Giddings Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

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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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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.