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Historical Items

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Item 33659

The Phoenix House, Scarborough, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Rodney Laughton through Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Item 148243

Southeast view from City Hall, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 100102

Main Street south from the Brook, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Half Stereo View, stereograph

Online Exhibits

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

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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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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Site Pages

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… Atwood - 2015 - present *Dotty Carter, Carol Short, Lolly Phoenix, Paula Young, and Karen Handelsman from the Solon Library as a consultant."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"By 1888 the town was being compared to the Phoenix bird that became immortal by renewing itself from its own ashes.” (The Last 100 Years: A Glimpse…"