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Item 1440

Reservoir break, Portland, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 74835

Break-strain insulator, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Media: Wood, iron

Item 17501

Study break, Fryeburg Academy, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Fryeburg Academy Archives Date: circa 1906 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print from glass negative

Online Exhibits

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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A Handwritten Community Newspaper

The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.

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Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland, 1920

Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940 - A Maine Pioneer

"Photographs became essential for breaking news and capturing a reader’s attention, with about thirty Maine newspapers thriving during this period."

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes IT'S NOT ALL WORK Break Time Image is from USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the…"

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Ice Storm, Second Street, Hallowell, 1998

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Repairing power lines, fixing the poles, and toughing out the cold. They worked their hardest without a break."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"National Blue Ribbon School Breaking ground for renovation, Strong Public School, ca. 1996 Conducting the ceremonial ground breaking at the…"