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Historical Items

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Item 81095

Red School House, Monson, 1898

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Item 79045

Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947

Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library Date: 1947 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 102455

"Little red school house," Stowe, Vermont, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Stowe Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Tax Records

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Item 99144

20-22 Poland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Hall Co. / Red Mens' Hall Use: School & Red Mens' Hall

Online Exhibits

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Front Door, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

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Bird and butterfly display at the Portland Society of Natural History, ca. 1965

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

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Chapman School patriotism, Portland, ca. 1920

"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school later housed special needs children until it closed for good in 1969. Eventually, the schoolhouse came under the ownership of Farmington…"