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Online Exhibits
Your results include these online exhibits. You also can view all of the site's exhibits, view a timeline of selected events in Maine History, and learn how to create your own exhibit. See featured exhibits or create your own exhibit
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents
"… every type of vessel involved in the Caribbean rum trade prior to Maine statehood. X Abstract of the Laws Respecting Licensed Houses…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… she died." Metta Victoria Fuller, 1853 X Rum, Fire Water published in Ahiamihewintuhangan: The Prayer Song, 1858 Collections of Maine…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"… drop their tools, and all would partake of rum, salt-fish, and crackers." Reverend Elijah Kellog (1813-1901) X Billy Hans (1755-1831)…"
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The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"Coastal people discovered a taste for West Indies rum, trading lumber for it. By 1700 more Yankees drank rum than beer, with cheap "New England Rum"…"
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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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.
