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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… standard radiographic table; a Franklin head unit and new therapy machine.” Other enhancements improved health outcomes for growing numbers of…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… Historical Society A group of Swedish men became United States citizens when they traveled to Houlton in 1875."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… Boondock Saints, which released in 2000 for the United States; some other countries would be able to watch it earlier."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill was the first company in the United States to commercialize clamming. Its first factory began operations at the end of Seavey’s…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… a history of the First Congrgational Church, United Church of Christ. North Yarmouth, Maine. Whittier, Kathryn H., Ed."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Lapham states in War of the Rebellion: The Civil War of 1861-1865, that there were “Rumford men in nearly every Maine regiment raised down to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"The United States entered the war in 1941, and many island men and women left to join the war effort."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… first field trials of a vaccine not only in the United States, but in the world, and the results Vaughan forwarded to Jenner helped him win…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999. 2 ed. Lakeville: Grey House Publishing, 1999. Print. Whitman, Sylvia."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Their largest market was in the United States but they began to export throughout Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia."

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… implicated notions of national honor and the United States’ legitimacy on the world stage. It was a new version of a defining problem in the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In 1888 a new United States Post Office had been established in Jemtland, and in 1901 one was established in Stockholm."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath and the United States Post Office. The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"The first auto race in the United States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… beneficiary of his life insurance issued by the United States for servicemen. His valuables were returned to Fannie on December 23, 1944."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… Mexico Maine by Mitchell Mexico; Where the Early Families Lived by Doris G. Philbrick 1880 United Stated Federal Census Record -Ancestry.com"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"1860Maine Historical Society As a United State Senator in 1868, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) of Portland was one of seven Republicans to vote…"