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Historical Items

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Item 74838

Electrical worker climbing irons, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Media: Iron, aluminum, leather

Item 66085

Tree climbing, Farmington, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1917 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 76167

Climbing Flagpoles, Sugarloaf, 1971

Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111553

Salt Pump climbing gym floor plan, Scarborough, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Scarborough Clients: Taki Miyamoto; Salt Pump Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"A man is climbing up a ladder next to the school, and there are many carts and wagons with spectators."

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"Those climbing the middle-class social echelons felt pressured to participate in excessive mourning, although such indulgence was often seen as…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… 3:03 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands   2:56 Climb Ev’ry Mountain   2:50 How Great Thou Art  6:21 Click here for copy of the lyrics and…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Point
by Norma K. Salway

In the summer, on the eastern shore of Songo, kids dove from a leaning tree

Story

A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn

The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.

Story

Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25

How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.