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Item 15666

T. B. Homeswoody, 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1865-03-27 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 79809

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1848

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848-06-20 Location: Westport; Chepachet; Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper

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Item 80660

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1841

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841-04-03 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 86062

271-305 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Perley W. Wiley Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 40481

19 Cottage Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary Warren Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Samplers: Learning to Sew

Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.

Exhibit

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

Exhibit

Students on porch, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.