Keywords: life
Item 80737
Coast Guard Life Saving Station, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1917
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 26671
Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Lubec Media: Image on postcard
Item 38550
394-402 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine Use: Bank & Offices
Item 50817
116-124 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine Use: Offices
Item 111503
Shugart residence elevations, Wendell, NC, 1977
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977 Location: Wendell Clients: Nancy Shugart; Sam Shugart Architect: Edwin F. Harris; Edwin F. Harris, Architect
Item 111530
House for F. J. Allen, Sanford, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Sanford Client: F. J. Allen Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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
San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929
Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life
"Farm Life Myron Gartley Farm, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society King Farm, Presque Isle, ca."
Story
My Vietnam service detailed in Life Magazine
by Henry B. Severance III
My company's service was documented by war photographer Catherine Leroy in Life Magazine.
Story
August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small
How the Vietnam war affected my life
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.
Lesson Plan
Maine Monochromatic Oceanscape
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson plan will give students an overview of the creatures that live in the Gulf of Maine, real and imagined. Students will be able to describe the creatures they learn about, first learning simple art skills, and then combining these simple skills to make an Oceanscape picture that is complex.
