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Item 104628

Maine Turnpike approach to Kittery toll booth, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: 1948-09-06 Location: Kittery Media: Photographic print

Item 104637

Maine Turnpike toll booth, Kittery, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: circa 1947 Location: Kittery Media: Photographic print

Item 112085

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 2, 1767-1818

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1767–1818 Location: Brunswick; Durham; Topsham Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 136 images.

Online Exhibits

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Jack Lawrence, Saco, on Bicycle, ca. 1900

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Civil War monument dedication, Bethel, 1908

Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War

Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the pressure… Mattanawcook Stream, within a few minutes, rose to higher than freshet proportions and gouged a great excavation out of the abutment…"

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Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"It took only 15 minutes for the water to flow over the banks. The water rose so quickly that people were trapped in their cars, and many cars were…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… they paddled to Brewer and back "in 8 minutes a mile and a third or ten mile an hour." Stephen Stanislaus and Sebattis Saul paddled the General…"