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Historical Items

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Item 81444

Water District weathervane, Portland, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 98877

Smith's Mills village street, east side, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923-08-18 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Item 98875

Smith's Mills E.I. Dupont Box Shop, Standish, 1923

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1923-08-18 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.

Site Pages

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"The population had increased nearly fifty percent during the 1790s, and between 1794 and 1807 the shipping industry tripled."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Before it achieved statehood, the District of Maine was a territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

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

My Maine Stories

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Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

Lesson Plans

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Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.