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Bowdoin group at Negro Island Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1891

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Comfort Manchester Stanley, Trenton, ca. 1885

Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society

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Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine, Biddeford, ca. 1865

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Public Library It was an atmosphere ripe for discovery of new ways of doing things. Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater…"

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Re-enactment of Oxford County Finnish settlement, 1898

Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Garden at Beau Desert, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… made broad use if its natural resources, but the discovery by artists in the 19th century brought word and vision of its powerful natural beauty to…"

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Skating on the Androscoggin River, ca. 1890

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Maine General Hospital in moonlight, Portland, ca. 1909

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"For example, advances in microscopes enabled the discovery of bacteria in 1866. The Civil War (1861-1865) also encouraged both the growth of the…"

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Margery Burr's embroidered dress, Kennebunkport, ca. 1920

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… influence that stemmed from Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The dress was acquired and worn in Paris by Mrs."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications."

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Mussey's Row, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1856

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Howe provides an excellent view of Dr. Cumming’s property and commemorates a major historical discovery."

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Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"The discovery of chemical dyes and the gradual growth of a chemical dye industry was another significant mid-late nineteenth century development."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… racialized supremacy laid out in the Doctrine of Discovery was just becoming structured enough so that Indian deeds and title were only recognized…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"After Captain Smith reported his discoveries, Prince Charles replaced the local names supplied by Smith, changing North Virginia to New England and…"

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Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… along the rocky shore, landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and returning to our vessel…"