Keywords: power cell
Item 14607
Edison Primary Cell, S-90, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fort Kent Media: Glass and metal
Exhibit
2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"… for communicating because we now have telephones, cell phones, e-mail, text, etc. If we did not first have the telegraph, inventors would probably…"
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Story
If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
A story about incarceration in Maine
