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Item 81

Ski jumper in Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 6173

'Abdu'l-Baha and Sarah Farmer, 1912

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1912 Location: Eliot; Haifa; Akka Media: Photographic print

Item 78

Battling a Northeaster, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947-03-03 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Valentines

Valentines Day cards have long been a way to express feelings of romance or love for family or friends. These early Valentines Day cards suggest the ways in which the expression of those sentiments has changed over time.

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Painting of the "Boxer" and "Enterprise," Monhegan, 1831

Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death

Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.

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John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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John Agry, Sea Captain, Hallowell, ca. 1801

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… him on many of his voyages and experienced thrilling sites from other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… loves to work with historical material and is thrilled with the work the historical society is doing to promote our history."

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"However, most of the workers enjoyed the thrill of the log drive, and kept at it. They had to have liked it to be a part of it, or it wasn't much use…"