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Historical Items

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Item 10175

Boarders, convent school, St. Agatha, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 10178

Notre Dame de la Sagesse convent and school, St. Agatha, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 79559

Russell House and cottages, Christmas Cove, ca.1936

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Mary used the house to take in boarders during the war. Clevie remarried after Mary, a Sunday school teacher, passed away in 1950."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… at each state with which it did not share a boarder. Since Maine was a district of Massachusetts, a ship sailing south from Maine would not have to…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… it Mount Desert House and expanded it to allow boarders. Bar Harbor had become a first-rate resort, bustling with stores and liveries and carpenter…"