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Historical Items

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Item 25351

Automobile accident, New Portland, 1942

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27559

Wire bridge, New Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27563

Wire bridge, New Portland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Site Pages

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Wire Bridge: Wire BridgeNew Portland Historical Society The wire bridge is located in the West Village on the Wire Bridge Road, in a quiet…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The Wire Bridge is a physical landmark, but the real appeal of this town is the people, past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"There are four bridges in the West Village, the Wire Bridge, the Grist Mill Bridge, Gould Hill Bridge and the Tannery Bridge."

My Maine Stories

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR