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Historical Items

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Item 16348

Worumbo Baseball Association Capital Stock Certificate, 1924

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1924-04-18 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Paper

Item 105870

Keeping George safe in Market Square, Houlton, 2020

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-20 Location: Houlton Media: Digital image

Item 102271

Poster for Peaks Playhouse musical events, Portland, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad

The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.

Exhibit

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

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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.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"A MARKET FOR STARCH Marketing potatoes at starch factories, Houlton, 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… to subsist off the land and to produce for markets, and it would assure that they could pass that prosperity down to future generations."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Story

Two-minute Tale of the Pandemic
by Nancy Creighton Collins

What everyday life was like during the beginning of the pandemic.

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Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman