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Historical Items

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Item 104900

Sarah Tibbetts to her husband disclosing a family theft, Westport Island, 1895

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1895 Location: Westport Island; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104902

Sarah Tibbetts on coping with son's theft, Westport Island, 1895

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1895 Location: Westport Island Media: Ink on paper

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Item 103976

Marine Corps guarding mail at Union Station, Portland, 1926

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

Online Exhibits

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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… liquors , one assault and battery, four thefts of personal property, one fast driver, one malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… or property; idleness of hired men is either a theft of time or money, and I would have Mr. Gleason discharge any hired man who should prove idle."

My Maine Stories

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Story

We Are An Ordinary Family
by Catherine

Maine's abolitionists offer an answer to my questions about my family's experiences.

Story

Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations