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Historical Items

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Item 100163

Longfellow family hand shower, Portland, ca. 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1846 Location: Portland Media: Tin, paint

Item 103961

Juanita "Joy" Bowden, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 66966

Taconnet Clubhouse, Winslow, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Winslow Historical Preservation Committee Date: circa 1930 Location: Winslow Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 149091

Gund residence preliminary planting plan, Nantucket, MA, 1993-2002

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993–2002 Location: Nantucket Clients: Graham Gund; Ann Gund Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… and our television, our refrigerators, and our showers, and our washing machines. And so all of a sudden we didn’t have any of those things."

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… when we got to it, just as we expected to have shower of shot and shell poured into us, we were agreeably disappointed by seeing the coat tails of…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Swimming with Jellyfish
by Cathy. L

At the age of 19 Cathy attended an Audubon Camp at Hog Island.

Story

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily

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My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.