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Historical Items

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Item 52414

E. L. Macomber, Fairfield, 1924

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1924 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 18393

St. John's Day parade, Lewiston, 1964

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1964-06-21 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 103645

Father, mother, and son, ca. 1858

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1858 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Tax Records

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Item 36863

114-116 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frank Burnham Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109268

W.T. Parent Drug Store, Madawaska, 1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Madawaska Client: W. T. Parent Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 111329

Brown Memorial Library, Clinton, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1903 Location: Clinton; Clinton Client: Town of Clinton Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 116608

Mark Langdon Hill house, Falmouth, 1930-1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1954 Location: Falmouth Client: Mark Langdon Hill Architect: Stevens and Saunders Architects

Online Exhibits

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Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood

From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"… of home." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his parents, 1826 When Peleg and Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth built their brick home on Back Street in…"

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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3

"They soon found out they had a lot to get used to, including the language. The first thing my parents noticed was the climate; snow, snow, snow, and…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My parents used an outhouse in Vietnam. When my mother and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… they got over the “snow amazement” phase, my parents found an over abundance of food. In Vietnam, there was little to eat, steamed rice…"

My Maine Stories

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In 1970 I served in Vietnam, and sent my parents a package
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.

My Parents' war story

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How Mon-Oncle France came to Les-États
by Michael Parent

How Mon-Oncle France came to the United States.

Story

The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley

Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.