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Item 17281

Lace fan belonging to opera singer Lillian Nordica, 1894

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1894 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 17288

Lillian Nordica as the Bayreuth Elsa, ca. 1894

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1894 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 55189

Good Will boys mopping, Fairfield, ca. 1955

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 59901

56 Kidder Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John A. Wagner Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Item 59902

Assessor's Record, 56 Kidder Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John A. Wagner Use: Garage

Online Exhibits

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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.

Exhibit

Samantha Smith's Questions

Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.