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Item 18962

Bar Harbor Bicycle Path, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 23854

1909 BLERIOT XI (Representation)

Contributed by: Owls Head Transportation Museum Date: 1909 Location: Owls Head Media: Metal

Online Exhibits

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Selections from the Collections

Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.

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"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Our travel by car, bicycle and foot today is effortless compared to the challenging journeys that European settlers took through ancient North…"