Keywords: Carved Indian statue
Item 35390
Crucifix belonging to Father John Bapst, ca. 1850
Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1850 Location: Bangor Media: Wood
Item 37301
141-145 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William J Dennis Use: Store
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.