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Item 7811

Dinsmore, Auburn, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Auburn Media: Card photograph

Item 11141

Shaw Block, Greenville, 2003

Contributed by: Moosehead Messenger Date: 2003 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Item 10207

John W. Phinney, Plymouth, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Plymouth Media: Photoprint

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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.

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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

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Lt. Charles Bridges request for coffins, Port Hudson, 1864

Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army

Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.