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Item 100319

K.B. Sewall letter to Somers Sewall, Mobile, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-05-17 Location: Portland; Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35290

Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 105596

Maine Militia Flag, ca. 1822

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Silk

Online Exhibits

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Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

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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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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… the Savage family has been resourceful, thrifty, and persistent in the recycling of many Asticou neighborhood structures, but they certainly were…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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