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Item 135823

Covid quilt, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2020 Location: Peaks Island Media: Cotton
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Item 105920

Redline map of Portland and South Portland, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935-11-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 31552

Suffrage vote poster, Portland, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Maine Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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"Horrid Massacre" pamphlet, Augusta, 1806

Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940 - Publication Genres

"… rise of anti-literacy laws and increased gender inequities. However, measuring historic literacy rates is problematic, as averages varied across…"

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.