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Historical Items

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Item 1166

Camden scenery, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Camden Media: Photographic print

Item 33354

Title page of monograph "The American Coast Pilot", 1804

Contributed by: An individual through Blue Hill Historical Society Date: 1804 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper

Item 28995

First day at sea for the Bowdoin Boys, 1891

Contributed by: Farnsworth Art Museum through Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111598

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

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Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

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Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

Site Pages

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Dutch cinematographer, slipped and fell from a cliff to his death at Schooner Head. His body was washed out to sea. Sources and Works Cited..."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"They would come to the house; you wouldn’t have to go to an office like you do now. Were your parents strict? At times they were strict."

My Maine Stories

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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.

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Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima