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Item 15109

Be patriotic - sign your country's pledge to save the food, World War 1 poster, ca. 1918

Be patriotic - sign your country's pledge to save the food, World War 1 poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Ink on paper, poster

Item 66367

Country Club, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Country Club, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 55205

Cross country skiing, Fairfield, ca. 1950

Cross country skiing, Fairfield, ca. 1950

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1950 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 37289

113-15 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

113-15 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nathaniel W Shaw Use: Store & Storage

Item 67888

89 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

89 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles P. Greenleaf Use: Store

Item 67889

Assessor's Record, 95 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Assessor's Record, 95 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles P. Greenleaf Use: Private School

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150123

MMN #109180

Penobscot Valley Country Club, Orono, 1948-1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1954 Location: Orono Client: Penobscot Valley Country Club Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 150279

MMN #109342

Waterville Country Club, Waterville, 1970-1976

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1970–1976 Location: Waterville Client: Waterville Country Club Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 150087

MMN #109144

Penobscot Valley Country Club Golf shop and locker room, Bangor, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Bangor Client: Penobscot Valley Country Club Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Country Music

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… 1966Maine Historical Society A Career in Country Music By Ken Brooks Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music Click to read entire…"

Exhibit

Tony and Juanita, ca. 1940

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Funded by the Maine Country Music Association, it is the first such hall of fame museum in Maine. Founders established the MCMHOF to recognize and…"

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Business and Professional Women at Grand Trunk station, Portland, 1925

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Steam sawmill, North Berwick, ca. 1900

Old Berwick Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

Presque Isle: The Star City - Significant Events

"… the nation it has played a significant part in the country's history and its impact has gone beyond the city's boundaries into the world arena."

Site Page

1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Maine was ranked third in the country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York. The season lasted a mere three weeks."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
by Ken Brooks

How the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum began

Story

Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music

Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician

Story

Betty Cody, country music legend

Betty Cody, country music legend
by Maine Historical Society

Betty Cody is noted as Maine's most recognized female singer

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1842

Longfellow Studies: Longfellow Meets German Radical Poet Ferdinand Freiligrath

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
During Longfellow's 1842 travels in Germany he made the acquaintance of the politically radical Ferdinand Freiligrath, one of the influential voices calling for social revolution in his country. It is suggested that this association with Freiligrath along with his return visit with Charles Dickens influenced Longfellow's slavery poems. This essay traces Longfellow's interest in the German poet, Freiligrath's development as a radical poetic voice, and Longfellow's subsequent visit with Charles Dickens. Samples of verse and prose are provided to illustrate each writer's social conscience.

Lesson Plan

Longfellow Farm, Gorham, 1903

Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorham’s history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet. This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.

Lesson Plan

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1850

Longfellow Studies: Celebrity's Picture - Using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portraits to Observe Historic Changes

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies, Visual & Performing Arts
"In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?" Englishman Sydney Smith's 1820 sneer irked Americans, especially writers such as Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, and Maine's John Neal, until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's resounding popularity successfully rebuffed the question. The Bowdoin educated Portland native became the America's first superstar poet, paradoxically loved especially in Britain, even memorialized at Westminster Abbey. He achieved international celebrity with about forty books or translations to his credit between 1830 and 1884, and, like superstars today, his public craved pictures of him. His publishers consequently commissioned Longfellow's portrait more often than his family, and he sat for dozens of original paintings, drawings, and photos during his lifetime, as well as sculptures. Engravers and lithographers printed replicas of the originals as book frontispiece, as illustrations for magazine or newspaper articles, and as post cards or "cabinet" cards handed out to admirers, often autographed. After the poet's death, illustrators continued commercial production of his image for new editions of his writings and coloring books or games such as "Authors," and sculptors commemorated him with busts in Longfellow Schools or full-length figures in town squares. On the simple basis of quantity, the number of reproductions of the Maine native's image arguably marks him as the country's best-known nineteenth century writer. TEACHERS can use this presentation to discuss these themes in art, history, English, or humanities classes, or to lead into the following LESSON PLANS. The plans aim for any 9-12 high school studio art class, but they can also be used in any humanities course, such as literature or history. They can be adapted readily for grades 3-8 as well by modifying instructional language, evaluation rubrics, and targeted Maine Learning Results and by selecting materials for appropriate age level.