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Item 6612
Broad Street, Bethel, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print
Item 1497
Delegate election results, Bethel, 1816
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-09-02 Location: Bethel Media: Ink on paper
Item 53796
Assessor's Record, 283-285 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Seaman's Bethel Society Use: Church & School
Item 151341
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Bethel Client: Dr. J. G. Gehring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 150413
Plans of Block at East Bethel, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Bethel Clients: Fred Cole; Elmer Cole Architect: George M. Coombs
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Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War
Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.
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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"… in a now demolished church in Mayville, near Bethel. Other 20th century Rumford artists are Oscar and Laura Legere, Robert Soucy, and Christine…"
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The Point
by Norma K. Salway
In the summer, on the eastern shore of Songo, kids dove from a leaning tree