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Historical Items

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Item 29067

Kendall's Bookstore, Biddeford, 1899

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1899 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 20758

Treat's Corner, Main St, Calais ca. 1900

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Calais Media: Photographic print

Item 29379

Benjamin G. Dennison, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Exhibit

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Goodale arrived in town and opened the first bookstore established east of Portland, “The Hallowell Bookstore -- Sign of the Bible.” He imported…"