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Historical Items

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Item 22987

School book bag, Mapleton, 1923

Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Mapleton Media: Cloth

Item 112086

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 3, 1717-1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1717–1781 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 101127

First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1857 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Tax Records

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Item 37312

165-171 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles H Robinson Use: Store

Online Exhibits

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Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

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Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here

From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.

Exhibit

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks Martin wrote from 1864 to about 1898 comment on…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"The next morning, Henry left carrying a bag on his shoulder. Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946Greater Rumford Area Historical Society These years of war presented a big challenge to all American…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.

Story

My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey

Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes

Story

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