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Historical Items

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Item 71706

Tourist postcard of Quoddy Village, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Eastport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 25633

Cumberland Hall, Pownal State School, ca. 1937

Contributed by: New Gloucester Historical Society Date: circa 1937 Location: New Gloucester Media: Photographic print

Item 103603

Oil tank car fire, Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.

Exhibit

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Site Pages

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Street is Merrymeeting Bay, and much of residential Bath. X Out of all of these historical objects, people, and buildings, only the church…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… that encompass the central business district and residential areas of Bath. Bath Historical Society (BHS) deserves mention for its efforts at…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… Gateway located on Haigis Parkway X Residential and commercial growth has continued into the present century."