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Historical Items

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Item 11855

Army enlistment form, Houlton, 1867

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-10-20 Location: Houlton; Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17949

Minneapolis-Moline Model U tractor, Littleton, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Bernard Stairs through Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Littleton; Minneapolis Media: Steel

Item 66478

The Desert of Maine, Freeport, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Freeport Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

Site Pages

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… biographical sketches 1882) The Penobscot River forms the east border of the town for just over six miles."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… and an alumni association was officially formed. Through the years, several other important additions and improvements were made to the brick…"

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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My Maine Stories

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Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham

It was great to be back in Maine.

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Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns

My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima