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Item 148503

Tombstone Every Mile/Heart Talk, 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Bangor Media: Polyvinyl chloride
This record contains 2 images.

Item 148502

Streets of Laredo/Foggy, Foggy Dew, Westbrook, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Westbrook Media: Polyvinyl chloride
This record contains 2 images.

Item 148559

Hal Lone Pine, Auburn, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… Ken MacKenzie introduced the concept of country-Western variety shows to Maine audiences, on the radio, television and in-person performances."

Exhibit

Mary King Scrimgeour dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

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Cottage for women, Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1909

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Site Pages

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Dixfield House and Tuscan Opera House, Dixfield, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… English immigrant worker integration into the Western Maine community. The date of original construction is somewhat unclear, but believed to be…"