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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements
"… in the foundation of the museum's McLellan-Sweat House. X Decanter, 1785-1800 Ireland Blown glass, engraved Rum Courtesy of Arlene Palmer…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"Running a licensed house was one of the few trades open to women and the tough-minded Mrs. Greele achieved legendary status by extinguishing her…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents
"X Abstract of the Laws Respecting Licensed Houses, Lincoln County, May 1803 Collections of Maine Historical Society Broadside 281 This remarkable…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements
"… and Ray Verrier Victoria Mansion Frances Willard House Museum and Archives (added items in 2023) York Institute Museum, Saco We would like to thank…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement
"1920 Collections of Frances Willard House Museum and WCTU ArchivesMaine Historical Society Union Leaflets: Cider as an Alcoholic Drink W.C.T.U., ca."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual
"X Bangor House Joseph F. Hatch,1883 Oil on canvas Collections of Bangor Historical Society Maine's grand city hotel is said to have always served…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow
"… crimes united from petty theiving to burglary, house burning, murder, piracy and rebellion inflict far less evil to the country than the vast…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1883 Courtesy of William and Debra Barry X Father Matthew Plate White earthenware, ca…"
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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Opera houses hosted lectures, plays, live music, and movies, with many hosting actual operas, such as The Merry Widow in Lewiston and Faust in…"
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"… White, Skowhegan, ca. 1910Skowhegan History House Mary Elise Fellows White (1873-1953) noted in her autobiography that her family was musical…"
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Music in Maine - Country Music
"… thirty years appearing in town halls and opera houses performing music, dance, and comedy in their act."
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"… in Standish, likely the First Parish Meeting House, also called Old Red Church, built in 1804-1806."
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Music in Maine - Community Music
"They were always playing music in the house. I liked the Blues music more than the Jazz. In my youth I became a Rolling Stones fan."
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Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
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Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.
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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
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Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
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Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets
Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.
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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus
Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.
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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary
A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.
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Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.