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Item 31731

Contributed by: Geral Mahoney through Hubbard Free Library Date: 1828 Location: Izmir; Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 103789

Richard Halpin with finger in turkey, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-11-25 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 102670

Zeynep Turk, Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151228

Koprulu residence, Istanbul, 2001-2002

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001–2002 Location: Istanbul Client: Murat Köprülü Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Giving Thanks

Cultures from the ancient Greeks and Chinese to contemporary societies have set aside time to give thanks, especially for the harvest. In 1941, the United States set a permanent date for the observance.

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Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, 1943

Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Abbot Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"I will give you The bill of Fare Roast Turkey (captured while on Picket) Sweet Potatoes (bought at the moderate Price of 3 cts apeace) Oysters (Raw…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… kids singing in front of the whole congregation, turkey pie suppers, craft fairs, putting on plays, selling hot dogs at the Homecoming parade, and…"