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Historical Items

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Item 99400

Fire inside of Diamond National lumberyard, Biddeford, 1963

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1963-04-20 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 99426

Remnants of the Diamond National & Hooper Street Fire, Biddeford, 1963

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1963-04-20 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 99399

Burning of the Hooper Street Tenements, Biddeford, 1963

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1963-04-20 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Diamond Cove, Great Diamond Island, ca. 1836Maine Historical Society Diamond Cove, ca. 1836 Charles Codman (c."

Exhibit

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

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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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… later known as the Diamond Match branch of Diamond National. Since 1930 all sorts of small wooden objects were made there: round clothespins and…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"By 1941, the town also purchased a 1941 Diamond T Truck with a 500 gallon pump and 150 gallon tank. When they first bought that truck Alfred Hammond…"

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… and Water Street and ending at the Guilford Ball Diamond. The parade included several Street Floats, Clubs & Organizations Floats, Business Floats…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars