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Historical Items

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Item 12600

Letter concerning demise of Inter Racial Fellowship, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936-09-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5179

Eastern Cemetery, Portland, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Portland Media: Blueprint

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Item 12597

Letter of thanks, Portland, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: South Portland; South Portland; South Portland; Portland; Bergen Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116604

Sewall camp additions, Phippsburg, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Phippsburg Client: Harold M. Sewall Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Indians, Furs, and Economics

When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.

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Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Site Pages

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Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“An Inter-tidal Survey of the Scarborough Marsh.” (Copy of article provided by B. Robinson.) Sebold, Kimberly."

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Norway Memorial Library

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My Maine Stories

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Ted Truman (Throumoulos): A treasure trove of stories
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A son of Greek immigrants’ insight into his entrepreneurial family, culture and life experiences