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Historical Items

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Item 68011

Merchant’s Hotel, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 82362

Oake Grove Hotel in West Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 33934

View from Campobello at High Tide, Lubec, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"At its peak, homes were visited by the local fish merchant, who brought fresh seafood to the door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… an office for the Port Surgeon and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… granite sill and lintel were repeated throughout “Merchants’ Row” after the fire. A brick Town Hall was begun in 1837 at the intersection of Centre…"