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Historical Items

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Item 38184

Loring Leavitt homestead, Lubec, ca. 1897, ca. 1897

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card, trimmed along bottom

Item 1050

George and Ethel Jewett, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Photographic print

Item 67372

Hare Delafield, Surry, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce

Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.

Exhibit

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"Standing are (left to right) Wealthy Ellen Wormell Leavitt, (Betsey Leavitt Josselyn’s great-great-great grandmother) and Mary Elizabeth Wormell…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… the contributions of accomplished and sometimes wealthy newcomers, have all exerted powerful influences on the history of Mount Desert Island."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… who were educated, intellectually curious and wealthy “rusticators” with a deep and abiding interest in the natural beauty of the island."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich

Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.

Story

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics