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Historical Items

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Item 25962

Margaret Chase Smith on Tutwilla Island, 1944

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1944 Media: Photographic print

Item 27952

Bath Opera House reopening, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1926 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 9192

Navy patrol bomber, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Site Pages

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… grocery store run by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. By 1941, six national chain stores anchored the downtown: J. J. Newberry; F."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Railway System (later known as the Canadian Pacific Railroad) steamed into town allowing for starch to be shipped south via New Brunswick."

My Maine Stories

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima