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Item 105833

Interior of the Officers Club at the Houlton Air base, 1943

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1943-02-03 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 74159

Portland Rossini Club pamphlet, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 37062

John Bapst Quarterback Club Officers, Bangor, ca. 1963

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1963 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Mt. Carrigain expedition remembrance, 1873

Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

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Business and Professional Women at Grand Trunk station, Portland, 1925

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

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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.

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Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca. 1947

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca."

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Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… himself out of that position to the more exhalted office off division engineer, which means supervision of the designing and constructing of our…"

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Primary, grammar and high school building, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons…"