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Item 108744

Face mask, Freeport, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Freeport Media: Cotton

Item 105909

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow statue with face mask, Portland, 2020

Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-05-25 Location: Portland Media: Digital image

Item 6640

Quadrant, 1770

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1770 Location: Boston Media: Pine covered with paper

Online Exhibits

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Sarah Bowman Winter's "fancy weave" coat, Bath, ca. 1825

Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms

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

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Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.

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Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

Site Pages

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Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… four portrait photographs of captains whose stern faces reflect the responsibilities of commanding a ship at sea."

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Mrs. Henry William Herbert post-mortem portrait, ca. 1844

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Her absence is conspicuous in this touching portrait of a young family facing the future without a wife and mother."

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… maneuvered six of his men forward and, in the face of withering hostile small arms and mortar fire, succeeded in placing an automatic rifle team in…"