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Item 10624

We Like Muskie bumper sticker, 1972

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1972 Media: Ink on paper

Item 10625

Muskie bumper sticker, 1972

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1972 Media: Ink on paper

Item 74744

'Power to Compete' bumper sticker, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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Preble House, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1895

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

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Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

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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.