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Historical Items

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Item 109082

Railroad station, Brooks, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Brooks Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 5474

Florence Brooks Whitehouse speech poster, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916-10-26 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27978

Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

Contributed by: Farmington Public Library Date: 1922-09-24 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 37667

Assessor's Record, 193 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edward Brooks Use: Garage

Item 37668

Assessor's Record, 193 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edward Brooks Use: Passage

Item 37666

193 Concord Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edward Brooks Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109413

House for Mr. G.G. Brooks, Cape Elizabeth, 1902-1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902–1903 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: G. G. Brooks Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 149192

Shire Brook Valley park plan, Sheffield, England, ca. 1989

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1989 Location: Sheffield Client: Shire Brook Valley Conservation Group Architect: Patrick Chasse

Item 149160

Astor residence planting plan, Northeast Harbor, 1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1995 Location: Mount Desert Client: Brooke Astor Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

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Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"… included Paul Benjamin, Denny Breau, Jane Brooks, Ken Brooks, Chris Brown, Jason Brown, Joe Kennedy, Nellie Kennedy, Cindy Larock, Mike Laskey…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"Smith Written by Saco's William Grant Brooks (1869 - ca.1925), this popular song tells of the death of an alcoholic's neglected daughter."

Site Pages

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Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Flora Brooks served as librarian for over 30…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… lobbying and failure, Massachusetts Governor John Brooks signed the bill on June 19, and on the 26 of July Maine citizens voted 17,091-7,132 in…"

My Maine Stories

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Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician

Story

The Journey Home
by Gina Brooks

I am a Maliseet artist from the St. Mary’s First Nation, my work is about our connection to the land

Story

How Mom caught Dad
by Jane E. Woodman

How Ruth and Piney met in Wilton and started a life together