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Historical Items

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Item 29396

Seavey's Stage Coach and Four, Scarborough, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 9120

Lovell & Fryeburg Stage, Lovell, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 21416

Higgins Stage Coach, Camden, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Camden Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

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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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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"The Nineteenth Century Seavey's Stage Coach and Four, Scarborough, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Well into the early 1900s…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach business, gardening for Hinkley, the temperance movement and his desire to stop selling…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars