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Historical Items

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Item 9173

Telegram from J.L. Chamberlain to Brunswick Selectmen, 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1880-01-17 Location: Augusta; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

Item 12816

Ludger Berube Farm, Caswell, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Caswell Media: Photographic print

Item 103557

Hall house move, Pine Point, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924-08-03 Location: Scarborough Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

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A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"11. Twelve more deaths and hundreds of millions of dollars in additional damage were caused by the flooding farther south from the same storm system."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve cents a meal. Prior to the hot lunch program many students went home for lunch or brought lunch."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Eleven of their twelve children died before reaching middle age. Dr. Robert Southgate, ca. 1830Scarborough Historical Society & Museum One of…"

My Maine Stories

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Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.

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Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference