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Historical Items

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Item 7006

Frye School, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Frye School, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 7005

Frye School, Lewiston, ca. 1870

Frye School, Lewiston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1870 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Item 7024

Lewiston City Hall interior, ca. 1880

Lewiston City Hall interior, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Online Exhibits

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Thomas Brackett Reed lapel pin, ca. 1895

Maine Politicians, National Leaders

From the early days of Maine statehood to the present, countless Maine politicians have made names for themselves on the national stage.

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Alonzo Garcelon, Lewiston, ca. 1890

Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon

Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.

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Ku Klux Klan Constitution cover, 1921

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.