Maine Memory Network

Margaret Chase Smith commitment to limited campaign spending, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-07-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Margaret Chase Smith on campaign spending, Washington, D.C., 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972-05-12 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

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.

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"His role as chair of the Senate Finance Committee during the Civil War led President Abraham Lincoln to appoint him as Secretary of the Treasury, a…"

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