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Added January 15, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
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Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society
Added January 14, 2022
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Maine Historical Society
New My Maine Stories
Added January 12, 2022
Becoming Master snowshoe makers
by Edmond and Brian J. Theriault
Making snowshoes has taken us from novices to world-class craftsmen over 40 years time.
Added January 6, 2022
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
Added December 10, 2021
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Added November 15, 2021
Thoughts of Freedom
by Raymond
Painting my thoughts and loves while incarcerated at Maine State Prison
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.
