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Keywords: wetlands

Historical Items

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Item 33352

Low tide, Lubec, ca. 1915, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 31237

Moses Banks Map, Scarborough, 1787

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1787 Location: Scarborough Media: Paper and ink

Item 29358

Marsh Staddle, Scarborough, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Scarborough Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 149079

Sargent residence proposed studio site plan, South Dartmouth, MA, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Dartmouth Client: Susan Sargent Architect: Albert, Richter, Tittmann Architects, Inc.

Item 149084

Johnson residence driveway plan, Somesville, 1991-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1995 Location: Mount Desert Client: Ned Johnson Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade

A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.

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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.

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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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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"He dedicated most of his life to working in wetlands, especially in Maine, studying and looking for new mollusks, and exploring new places."

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep grade. Granite slab in transit, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… With its 95 miles of shoreline, fresh and tidal wetlands, and waters teeming with herring, pollock and shellfish the area drew its earliest…"

My Maine Stories

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My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph

Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.

Story

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

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference