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Historical Items

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Item 104299

Six household suggestions and recipe for Champaign Cider, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80732

Napkin ring, Wabanaki, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Ash splints, sweetgrass

Item 69124

Home Economics students, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1916

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1916 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

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Hermann Kotzschmar: Portland's Musical Genius

During the second half of the 19th century, "Hermann Kotzschmar" was a familiar household name in Portland. He spent 59 years in his adopted city as a teacher, choral conductor, concert artist, and church organist.

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Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"McCurdy Herring Smokehouse Part I: How They Smoked Herring in Lubec Section 1: A Traditional Process in Traditional Buildings McCurdy…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"McCurdy Herring Smokehouse Section 2: Six Steps in Producing Smoked Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks."

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"McCurdy Herring Smokehouse By Edward L. Hawes Introduction Drawn from the collections of the Maine Historical Society, Lubec Historical Society…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Ramen Making
by Ayumi Horie

Ramen Making is about family, cooking, pottery, and what it means to make a life through one's hands

Story

Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich

Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.

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Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide