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Item 29261

Thursday Club tea cup, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: China

Item 76157

1971 Sugarloaf World Cup Proclamation

Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971-02-18 Location: Augusta Media: Photocopy of proclamation

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Item 76174

World Cup, Sugarloaf, 1971

Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print

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Leaving the start gate at the Sugarloaf World Cup, 1971

World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… else, betook themselves for recreation to the cup." Reverand Sylvester Judd, A Discourse Touching the Causes and Remedies of Intemperance, preached…"

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Motor Coachmen and their Stanley Cars, Poland Spring, 1911

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

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Passengers boarding trolley at Five Points, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"… Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca. 1905McArthur Public Library Biddeford High School & Universalist choir…"

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Scholar's Report Book cover, Surry, 1937 - 1938

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"By the 1920s a water cooler with a spigot assured the school remained modern and pupils fashioned water cups out of half sheets of arithmetic paper."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The Minister declared “The cup would stay”, “Well at least they were drinking pure water with their whiskey.” Later when the Main Street was widened…"