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Item 31097

Odd Fellows Poster/Broadside, Biddeford, ca. 1855

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1855 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33938

Biddeford High School Alumni Association banquet program, 1894

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1894-06-26 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink and paint on paper

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Item 104258

Electri Kitchen recipes - Ham Delight, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Dee's Ice Cream Pint, Brunswick, ca. 1950

How Sweet It Is

Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.

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Cook house and crew, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

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Nursing students, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1898

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.