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Historical Items

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Item 102378

"Willows on Warren Vose Place," Kingfield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide

Item 101193

Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1867 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 67573

Winter Village Scene, Surry, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph

Tax Records

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Item 76726

Assessor's Record, 18-62 St. James Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Company Use: Fences & Walkes

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151837

Butler residence, Booneville, New York, 1992-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1994 Location: Booneveille Client: Gilbert Butler Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Item 151466

Haffenreffer residence, Portland, 1989-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989–1990 Location: Portland Client: Rudolf F. Haffenreffer IV Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Item 151903

Institute for Advanced Study Rubenstein Commons, Princeton, New Jersey, 2013-2014

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013–2014 Location: Princeton Client: Institute for Advanced Studies Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"Outbuildings disappeared, the fence and surrounding trees and other plantings changed. Gradually, the house was no longer in a rural setting."

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… of what he saw as the ideal gates and fences for different locales and purposes. This is "Gate No 1 and two patterns for rustic fence." Martin…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Barnyard gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… noted, "I have represented a 5 foot tight bound fence for a yard this is convenient for fowles but is unhealthy for cattle and more so for sheep."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… shopkeeper in Bangor, drew a series of gate and fence designs in his "Scrap Book No 3" that he began writing and illustrating in 1867."

My Maine Stories

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A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

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Rest Stop in Scarborough, Maine
by Lee Evans

This is about our first visit to Maine in 1998. My wife and I moved here from Maryland in 2007.

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life