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Item 105223

Hay wagon at the barn, Westport Island, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1910 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 17872

Cape Elizabeth Fire Department Band, 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1933 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Item 81132

Centennial Grange Float, Princeton, 1932

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: 1932-07-05 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

After the Theatre, Riverton Park, ca. 1905

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Exhibit

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Hay and straw free.” $5.00 paid to 1st place for best heard, 1 male and 4 females. A sample of other categories: stallions, matched and gentlemen’s…"

Site Page

Christmas tree frame work, Presque Isle, 1959

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Dow, Inc.) Frank Hayes (tree committee, Hayes Super Service) Fred Beck (tree committee, Beck & Beck) Norman Aubin (tree committee, Northern Printers)…"