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New Items
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 10, 2021
Item Contributed by
Frye Island Historical Society
Added September 8, 2021
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Patten Free Library
Added August 31, 2021
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Frye Island Historical Society
Added August 31, 2021
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Mantor Library at UMF
Added August 31, 2021
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Mantor Library at UMF
Added August 31, 2021
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Mantor Library at UMF
New My Maine Stories
Added September 10, 2021
William Manning in conversation with Christopher Crosman
by William Manning and Christopher Crosman
A conversation between an artist and art historian
Added September 9, 2021
Eric Chamberlin - Learning Experience Designer
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Eric Chamberlin talks about Boothbay Region Elementary School becoming an MLTI Exploration School.
Added September 9, 2021
Argy Nestor - Arts Educator & Arts Education Consultant
by MLTI stories of Impact Project
Argy Nestor reflected on the professional development model implemented in the original MLTI.
Added August 31, 2021
Duke Albanese - Maine Commissioner of Education (1996-2003)
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
As Maine Commissioner of Education Duke Albanese kept the MLTI focused on learning.
New Exhibits
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
