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Historical Items

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Item 35624

View of Portland after the great fire, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-06 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Item 1215

Federal Street, looking toward Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1882 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 35628

Map of 1866 Portland Fire

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111648

Barzilai/Lindsey residence floor plan, New York, NY, 1995-2015

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1995–2015 Location: New York Clients: Yosi Barzilai; Grant Lindsey Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Fallen Heroes: Last of the Jewish WWII Veterans

Listen to recordings from the last of the World War II Jewish veterans.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor began to experience urban sprawl with the opening of its first malls. These malls gave Bangor citizens up-to-date shopping facilities with…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"Gradually, the house was no longer in a rural setting. But Portland and the nature of urban life has changed dramatically."

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"… of locations and shapes of each block in many urban communities from 1867 to 1907. You can access them at many libraries, including the Brown…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge

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Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask

Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork