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Item 21706

Two Men in a Car, Sanford, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 9320

Military pass for H.L. Prince and two men, Dec. 28, 1862

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1862-12-28 Media: Ink on paper

Item 102333

Importance of the Second A.E.F Paris Convention, Indianapolis, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Indianapolis Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Exhibit

Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled. Champlain’s early map gives this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his…"