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Historical Items

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Item 18427

Wallpaper, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Portland Media: Paper

Item 9810

Ouellette house, Van Buren, ca. 1850

Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1850 Location: Van Buren Media: Hand hewn logs, boarded walls

Item 80782

Disciples of Christ Church, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Online Exhibits

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

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Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

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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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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"To address the previous dark cave-like conditions, the plastered walls and split granite floors were whitewashed."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"George were employed and the walls were constructed by November 24th, 1823. A hospital, guards’ quarters and warden’s residence were located in the…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"Clapboard walls, double hung 2-over-2 windows, inviting front porches, and cedar shingles are seen everywhere."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Serving in Vietnam with Richard Hershel Green
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.

Don't get close to the new guy

Story

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine

Story

If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)

A story about incarceration in Maine