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Keywords: September 2, 1907

Historical Items

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Item 8136

Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

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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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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This plant was enlarged and a floor added in 1907. The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He died on October 12, 1907 in Avon and is buried in the Village Cemetery in Strong with his wife. Hosea P."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The power plant opened in October of 1907. Members of the Maine and New Brunswick Power Company voted to give Gould $30,000 worth of treasury stock…"

My Maine Stories

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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