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Keywords: Entrances

Historical Items

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Item 6562

Maine State Fairgrounds, Lewiston, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 30935

Old Orchard Beach Camp Ground, 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 26235

Entrance to Camp Ground, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 53840

424-426 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Estate of Elizabeth W. Thomas Use: Shop - Junk

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151407

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Client: Penobscot Marine Museum Architect: Carol A. Wilson; UJMN and Carol A. Wilson Architects

Item 151812

New York Botanical Garden ornamental conifer collections, Bronx, New York, 1946-1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1999 Location: Bronx Client: New York Botanical Gardens Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Item 151796

Lash residence, Northeast Harbor, 1999-2002

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1999–2002 Location: Mount Desert Clients: James Lash; Deborah Lash Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

Exhibit

John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

Exhibit

Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… Church, which exhibited the bell at the front entrance of its church on Academy Street. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound. Adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the region, they migrated between…"

Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… that banners describing their battles were at the entrance to the high school. About 800 soldiers marched in formation to Abbot Square."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Bert Gagne-from star athlete to community barber
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Bert’s personal account of his lifelong non-stop approach including his 60+ years as a barber.

Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference

Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.