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Children knitting at the Portland Day Nursery, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Oliver Wolcott on welfare of family, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1777

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1777-04-23 Location: Philadelphia; Litchfield Media: Ink on paper

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96-98 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Assn. Use: Dwelling - Two family

Assessor's Record, 100-102 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Assn. Use: Land only

Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine

The son of Maine's surgeon general and nephew of a captain in the 16th Maine, Charles A. Garcelon of Lewiston served in Co. I of the 16th Maine. His letters home in the first 17 months of his service express his reflections on war and his place in it.

Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment

Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

""Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910North Yarmouth Historical Society Main…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth 1850s shipyardBrick Store Museum Shipbuilding In 1812, the area that later became…"

Orphanage on Revere Street
by anonymous

An orphanage operated by a Mrs. Oliver on 54 Revere Street in Portland, Maine in 1930.

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home