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Item 15123

1913 Thor, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1913 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber

Item 19034

1901 Thomas

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1901 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber

Item 15087

1906 Indian Motorcycle, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: circa 2005 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal

Online Exhibits

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Jack Lawrence, Saco, on Bicycle, ca. 1900

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Revolutionary War-era styled gown, Portland, ca. 1825

Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.

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Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Site Pages

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Milbridge Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… of its proximity to the water and the freeze/thaw cycles, so his tomb had to be moved elsewhere on the property - twice."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… their entire lives or live parts of their life cycles in the marsh; it is a food production and distribution system for marsh inhabitants; it is a…"