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Historical Items

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Item 26446

Good Will boys hoeing, Fairfield, ca. 1915

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1915 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110499

Novogrod residence, South Kent, CT, 2002-2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2002–2003 Location: South Kent Client: John Novogrod, Architect: Patrick Chasse

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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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.

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Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… where most of the residents were Savages into a residential community of middle age, wealthy retired summer visitors."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Life as usual continued in the residential summer colony near Asticou but more transient visitors came, demanding different services and seeking more…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"They represent major examples of residential architecture built by men of wealth during the boom years of the 1920s. For John P."