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Historical Items

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Item 14859

Tukeys Bridge, Back Cove, Portland, sketched in 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 100727

Portland street map, 1826

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1826 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor and pen and ink, mounted on fabric

Item 6893

A new and correct plan of Portland, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin

Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.

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We Saw Lindbergh!

Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.

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Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He ate his meals walking around a stump. Before his accident, Mr. Trask stood 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighed 199 pounds."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were conveyances that were mainly boards and ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Soon they tied a rope to it and had the citizens of Bath help them pull it down, blocking the whole street off."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR

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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