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Item 29972

The Lane, North Yarmouth ca. 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 6588

Bald Mountain, Bethel, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 88033

A.D. Lane Residence, Topsfield, ca. 1910

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

Online Exhibits

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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

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For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

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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.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Dummer House Dummer House, Dummer's Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In 1789 Nathaniel Dummer moved to Hallowell with his wife and…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Farm - Making and Preserving History Down The Lane to Skyline Farm Photo by Diana Logan X Skyline Farm is a community-based non-profit…"

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"As Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston. His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road…"