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Historical Items

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Item 29317

Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 34787

Granite School Souvenir, Blue Hill, 1904

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1904 Location: Blue Hill Media: White cardboard and print, Ink on paper

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Item 29040

"Statue of Faith" for Plymouth, Hallowell Granite Works, 1877

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1877 Location: Hallowell; Plymouth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

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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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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library What made Hallowell granite desirable?  It was light and fine grained, with a high…"

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Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… 1952 dangerous outcomes galore overwhelming white Snow unexpected depth 28 inches of white unforgettable Surprise disaster warning last minute…"

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… for firemen wore black pants, a black top with white bottom, and a white belt. Their hats were yellow while some were red also with black in the…"

My Maine Stories

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

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Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.