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Historical Items

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Item 10418

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Station Agent Hat, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Fabric

Mystery Corner Item

Item 59547

Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915

Mystery Corner Item Can you identify people in the crowd?

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 63559

Frank Dyer, Strong, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Exhibit

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in the early 1900s, was born in 1871."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… other at Piscataqua where Cammock had been an agent of Gorges and Mason until he assumed proprietorship of his 1500-acre Black Point Patent in…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… in 1633 from Piscataqua, where he'd been the agent of Mason and Gorges. He claimed all rights to fishing and "fowling" and apportioned land to…"

My Maine Stories

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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars