Keywords: greetings
Item 66189
Greetings from Bangor, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bangor Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 71335
Greetings from Surry, Maine postcard, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Surry Media: Postcard
Item 151683
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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Valentines Day cards have long been a way to express feelings of romance or love for family or friends. These early Valentines Day cards suggest the ways in which the expression of those sentiments has changed over time.
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Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"… Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted by a large crowd. John Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote about their…"
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Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok
"Settlers were greeted warmly by the “gentle Abenaki” and were able to exchange their corn for 700 pounds of furs."
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Protesters spit on me as a Vietnam Veteran
by Joseph Rocque Jr.
I will never forget the horror of seeing all the protestors greeting my plane returning from Vietnam
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Amato's Italian Sandwiches
by Charles V. Stanhope
Amato's Italian Sandwiches
