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Longfellow bust gift, London, 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Location: London; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Plymouth Company Records, Volume 4, 1800-1811

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1768–1753 Location: Augusta; Whitefield Media: Ink on Paper
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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.

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.