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Historical Items

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Item 10468

The Rose Girl

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1924-11-20 Location: Skowhegan Media: Playbill

Item 12811

Gilbert Martin farm, St. Agatha

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic print

Item 100355

Harriet Cutter Needlework, Portland, ca. 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1814 Location: Portland; North Yarmouth Media: Silk, cotton, wood, glass

Online Exhibits

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

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Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.

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Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Bangoreans rose to the occasion by sponsoring Victory Food Sales, rationing, buying war bonds, and acting as civil soldiers."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… of her verse include Queen Catherine’s Rose which was published in 1885, The High-Top Sweeting: and other poems published in 1891, and The Ballad…"

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses. I bought my gown at Unobsky’s Store, downtown. It was a beautiful thing. It was lovely."

My Maine Stories

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Sister Therese Bouthot:Life of service as a Good Shepherd sister
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

From humble beginnings to playing a leadership role in the service of others

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"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria

Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.