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Historical Items

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Item 100745

Biddeford Pool ball players, Biddeford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Mr. Hartwell Blanchard through McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Pool Media: Postcard

Item 12922

Caribou Amateur Opera Company, 1898

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1898-02-10 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 12920

Caribou Amateur Opera Company, 1898

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1898-02-10 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

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John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… had been professional musicians, but most were amateurs, only a few of whom could read a note of music."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… known stars as well as local professional and amateur organizations. This dearth of high quality entertainment, in both English and French, would…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… of the Masons, a member of the Lions Club and an amateur radio operator. In 1951 following a terrible accident at Scottow Hill, Dr."

My Maine Stories

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Mark Plummer, golfer from Maine
by Mark Plummer

Amateur golfer from Maine, Mark Plummer discussed his golf career and life lessons