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Historical Items

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Item 11575

Spanish prisoners, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 14812

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad long yard in Presque Isle, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 18506

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Presque Isle, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

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Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

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South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… and friends would all play softball in the yard with everyone who would come to their house. As far as sports were concerned, there was only…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… and New Wing - 1824 to 1843 Prison Yard Window Shades, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society Within four years, local builder…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

My Maine Stories

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

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2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.