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Item 11466
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Peucinian Society medal, Brunswick, ca. 1822
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1822 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal
Item 102774
Portland Custom House officials under President James Buchanan, ca. 1857
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Portland Media: Albumen print
Exhibit
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.
Exhibit
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.
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
