Keywords: New Sweden
Item 20242
The Kapitoleum, New Sweden, ca. 1930
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 20626
New Sweden Baptist Church, ca. 1938
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
A Parade, an Airplane and Two Weddings
Two couples, a parade from downtown Caribou to the airfield, and two airplane flights were the scene in 1930 when the couples each took off in a single-engine plane to tie the knot high over Aroostook County.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"Ski Jumper, New Sweden, ca. 1935New Sweden Historical Society New Sweden has a long history of cross country skiing and is known as the birthplace…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The First 51 Settlers
"Olson, New Sweden, ca. 1900New Sweden Historical Society Solomon Johansson - Lot B, Woodland Janne L."
