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Keywords: Imprints

Historical Items

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Item 8812

'A Concise Statement' Shaker document, 1963

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1790 Location: New Lebanon Media: Paper

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Item 31600

Mark on commemorative tea cup, Biddeford, ca. 1905

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Biddeford Media: China

Item 103653

"An address to the inhabitants of the District of Maine upon the subject of their separation," Portland, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Exhibit

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… of hard, steel buttons often having decorations imprinted or engraved on to them. Officers would wear a thick black or brown, leather belt…"

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… of doubt, stayed by us in thick and thin, and imprinted a memory upon this town. Works Cited Fellows, Dana W."

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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