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Item 11623

'The Song of Hiawatha' illustration, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: Ink on paper

Item 11380

Hiawatha Story Card 5, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Media: Ink on cardboard

Item 20777

Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan, 1981

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-06-09 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photograph, text

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Painting of the "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831

Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death

Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.

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Confiscated liquor bottles, Portland, 1927

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… as narrow-minded, humorless busybodies, a far cry from the respected temperance heroines of the 1870s."

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We Saw Lindbergh!

Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"Trees cried out in anguish as their heavy limbs gave way to crack and separate, in turn crushing stiff utility lines and littering the street in…"