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Item 53004

Cheerleaders, Fairfield, ca. 1955

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 16903

Old Orchard Beach, 1955

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: 1955 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 102086

Bangor Auditorium under construction, 1955

Contributed by: Richard Shaw through Bangor Public Library Date: 1955 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151767

Portland Hebrew School, 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1958 Location: Portland Client: Portland Hebrew School Synagogue Association Architect: Abraham Siegal

Item 151136

Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf, Falmouth, 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955 Location: Falmouth Client: State of Maine Architect: Stevens and Saunders

Item 151379

Welch residence, Portland, 1955-2009

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–2009 Location: Portland Client: Jill Welch Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Online Exhibits

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George French dorm room, Bates College, ca. 1901

Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French

George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.

Exhibit

Fire lookout at Agamenticus Mountain, ca. 1920

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Exhibit

Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.