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Item 26788

Aroostook Valley Car, Washburn, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Washburn Media: Postcard

Item 35479

I.O.O.F. Badge, Lubec, 1893-1933

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Lithographed metal and fabric badge

Item 78663

Odd Fellows Hall, Westbrook, 1883

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1883 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150626

Building for Androscoggin Lodge I.O.O.F., Lewiston, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Lewiston Client: I.O.O.F. Auburn Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Item 150625

Building for I.O.O.F, Auburn, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Auburn Client: I.O.O.F. Auburn Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 150311

Hall at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook; Westbrook Client: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

Exhibit

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Exhibit

Instructors building, Little Chebeague Island, 1947

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.