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Historical Items

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Item 4234

Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 34178

Fred Titcomb's horses, load of hay, Falmouth Corner, ca. 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 9072

Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1870 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade

A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… which do not often find their way into modest scale organizations, also occupy a special place in collections."

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken. Ditches were dug to drain wet, mosquito-breeding areas; pannes were filled; and tide…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"To increase marsh salt hay production, he initiated one of the first diking experiments in Maine. His experiments attracted the attention of farmer…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics