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Historical Items

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Item 33827

High Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 22838

Main Street Looking North, Sanford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Item 33334

Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lincoln Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111594

Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

A Focus on Trees

Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.

Exhibit

WWI Memorial Trees along Portland's Baxter Boulevard

On Memorial Day of 1920, the City of Portland planted 100 Linden trees on Forest Avenue, each dedicated to the memory of one military service member who had died in World War I, or who had served honorably.

Exhibit

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Maine Forest Service

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"… the majestic Elm trees that lined the street, shading the houses. On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner…"

Site Page

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… of the surviving buildings which line the tree-shaded slope from the “Lower Light” to the western bank of the Penobscot River."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily