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Keywords: Signs

Historical Items

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Item 81081

Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 81079

Road Signs after re-painting, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 80804

Welcome to Mexico sign, ca. 2008

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 2008 Location: Mexico Media: Wood, metal

Tax Records

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Item 35597

876 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S Dresser Use: Dwelling - Two Family and Store

Item 52733

104-110 Free Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lucy A Libby Use: Store

Item 35761

2-8 Brown Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S Rines Use: Stores & Offices

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110110

Architectural drawings signed by M.W.J. Freeman, Sebago, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Sebago Client: unknown Architect: John P. Thomas

Item 116614

Home for aged women, Portland, 1900-1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1926 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Exhibit

Selections from the Collections

Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.

Exhibit

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

Site Pages

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Site Page

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Welcome to New Portland!

"Welcome to New Portland! New Portland Town Sign X Welcome to New Portland! Here at our site, you can explore many different historical…"

Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911

"… Library Description Lillian Nordic signed her photograph, "To the library, Lillian Nordica." The date is uncertain, but it is thought…"

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"… name, "Bouquet." Above the second floor is the sign, "Photography Rooms." Note the late 1880's fashions."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Appreciation sign for essential health care workers
by Henry J Gartley

A neighbor expresses their appreciation for the workers at a local nursing home.

Story

Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold

Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020

Story

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Why is Maine the Pine Tree State?

Grade Level: K-2 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students in early elementary grades a foundation for identifying the recognizable animals and natural resources of Maine. In this lesson, students will learn about and identify animals and plants significant to the state, and will identify what types of environments are best suited to different types of plant and animal life. Students will have the opportunity to put their own community wildlife into a large-scale perspective.

Lesson Plan

Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorham’s history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet. This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.