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Item 135684

Portland Voter Registrations, 1891–1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891–1902 Location: Portland Media: ink on paper

Item 116631

Plymouth Company Waste Book, 1754-1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1754–1813 Location: Augusta; Norridgewock Media: Ink on Paper

Item 182

Drawings from Ammi Quint account book, Parsonsfield, 1803

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1803 Location: Parsonsfield; Newington Media: Ink on paper, watercolor

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Preble House, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1895

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Exhibit

Child's chair with portrait, Portland, 1908

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.