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Historical Items

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Mystery Corner Item

Item 103955

Automobile accident, ca. 1925

Mystery Corner Item Do you know where and when this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Media: Glass Negative

Item 103786

Car broke through ice at Deering Oaks, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-12-26 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 102820

Film of Soap Box Derby, Portland, 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940 Location: Portland Media: filmstrip, 16mm

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… 1937Hubbard Free Library Once the train crash was discovered, people started to yell to get others attention and took pictures of it."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars stayed nearby The third however wanted to fly Into the library with a crash The old library…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.