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Historical Items

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Item 98688

Four-masted schooner Constellation near East Boothbay, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1932 Location: Boothbay; Harrington Media: Glass Negative

Item 112085

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 2, 1767-1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1767–1818 Location: Brunswick; Durham; Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 112090

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 7, 1694-1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1694–1853 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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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.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Their interiors were usually not decorated so royally though. On March 27, 1925, a tragic event occurred. The Bath Opera House had a raging fire."