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Item 8671

Fort scale model, Fryeburg, 1941

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1941 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photoprint

Item 17576

Quarter-scale model canoe, ca. 1997

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Atkinson Media: Wood

Item 8666

Clarence E. Mulford model of Fort Union, Fryeburg, 1941

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1941 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photoprint

Online Exhibits

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Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

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Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"1978Maine Historical Society Civic Center model, ca. 1970Maine Historical Society The Cumberland County Civic Center opened in Portland on…"

Exhibit

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.