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Item 17946

John Deere Model B tractor, Littleton, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Bernard Stairs through Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Littleton Media: Metal, paing

Item 14496

Model Train Races, Houlton, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 17315

Ed Rolfe Completes Model of B&A Engine 405, Milo, 1956

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Milo Media: Photographic print

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Stone house with clipped gables, 974 Sawyer Street, South Portland, ca. 1920

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

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Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.