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Historical Items

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Item 99374

Sons of Temperance certificate, Leeds, 1847

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1847-03-30 Location: Leeds Media: Ink (printer and pen) on paper

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Item 135773

Sons of Temperance certificate for John Gunnelsen, Hallowell, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Hallowell Media: ink on paper

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Item 29191

Dr. John Hubbard Jr., Hallowell, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… Historical Society Certificate of Sons of Temperance Hallowell, 1848 Collections of Maine Historical Society Throughout Maine the temperance…"

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Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… of a father, mother, and their son are tempered by the affectionate holding of hands by father and son and the boy’s Napoleonic pose of his other…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Much of his time was spent engaged in the West Indies trade. His brother Joseph was part owner of a Portland distillery."