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Historical Items

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Item 15624

Adjustable dividers, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Media: Forged iron

Item 79073

East Dixfield Post Office and General Store, Wilton, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Wilton Media: Postcard

Item 79305

B.F. Thomas Store, East Dixfied, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Dixfield Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151408

Isaacson residence floor plan and presentation drawing, Lewiston, 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960 Location: Lewiston Client: Philip Isaacson Architect: F. Frederick Bruck; F. Frederick Bruck, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"Some houses were divided into apartments (or tenements), others were boarding houses where rooms were rented or shared."

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical

Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.

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Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"The selectmen were instructed to draw a line dividing the town. On February 22, 1796 the legislature of Massachusetts passed an act dividing the town…"

Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"*Today, Wabanakis are divided into the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. We think it hard that you settle the lands that God…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Make It Great Again
by SC

2020, Acrylic on canvas

Story

Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

Story

The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto

Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court