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Historical Items

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Item 79568

Commencement program, South Bristol High School, 1934

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: South Bristol Media: Ink on paper

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Item 22214

Map of Caribou, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Caribou Media: Ink on paper

Item 23119

Skolfield House, Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

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The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning

The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1768, William King received only a grammar school education. Starting work in a Topsham sawmill, he rose to become the largest ship owner in…"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… from Harvard in 1839 and from its Divinity School in 1846. From 1848 to 1882 he served Unitarian churches in Fall River, Massachusetts; Brooklyn…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… second fire was April 28, 1919, 18 houses and a school house burned, there was about a $30,000 loss, partly recovered by insurance."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down