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Item 13327

Meduxnekeag River North Branch Bridge, 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13625

Annie Dickerson, Houlton, 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 110911

North Branch of the Meduxnekeag River, ca. 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1817 Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

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.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Site Pages

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Workers, woodsmen, guides, Norcross, ca. 1900

Norcross Heritage Trust

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… on Mill River as a tanner and shoemaker, then branching out into several businesses. He is one of Thomaston’s earliest shipbuilders, credited with…"

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Augustus Chase Savage & Family, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1890

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"In three exhibits, we focus on the branch of the family created by John’s only grandchild to live long enough to establish a family and home here…"