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Item 34330

Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Wool

Item 105812

Child's snowsuit with tie on cap, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Media: cotton twill, wool

Online Exhibits

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Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940 Brown, wool, double-breasted boys snowsuitBangor Historical Society During the war, because so many men were in…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… Mill Creek and the Georges River were ideally suited for shipbuilding. Gentle slopes led down to the deep and sheltered channels on tidal…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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My Maine Stories

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My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.