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Item 103022

Pam Johnson performs on the set of The Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Do you know the teenagers on set?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-24 Location: Portland; Mechanic Falls Media: Film transparency

Item 102732

Deering High School students on the Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Can you identify the teenagers?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-04-07 Location: Portland Media: Transparency slide

Item 102736

Deering High School students on the set of The Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Can you identify the teenagers?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-04-07 Location: Portland Media: Transparency Slide

Online Exhibits

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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"X Sixty-Nine Broadside, ca. 1815 Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll. 1863, Box 3 This broadside mocks the pioneering Maine Total…"

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…"

Site Page

City "Poor" Farm, Poor Farm Road, Hallowell, 1879

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"The number over sixty years of age, 9; the oldest is 84; the youngest 18; average age about 63. There have been no deaths, and the general health of…"