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Item 33547

Henry E. Prentiss House, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1870 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Item 36060

Front View of 144 Broadway, Bangor, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

Item 33558

European and North American Railroad Western Depot, Bangor, 1904

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1904 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… was remodeled in 1866, with a third story, a Mansard roof and fancy ironwork, stone ornamentation and slate roofing added."

Exhibit

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, ca. 1920

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.