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Historical Items

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Item 22566

Pearce description of Aroostook County, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1850 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6052

Stevens Monument, Fryeburg, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 11608

John Davison letter from Key West, Florida, December 29, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-12-29 Location: Augusta; Key West Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 32235

Assessor's Record, 73 Arcadia Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nils M Johnsen Use: Storage

Item 32239

Assessor's Record, 102 Arcadia Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Simon Jackewicz Use: Storage

Item 32412

73 Arcadia Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nils M Johnsen Style: Shingle Style Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - "Bailey's Algebra" Textbook

"… Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Life on a Tidal River - Football Oracle Page 3

"It tells of players, records, and descriptions of games. It is written by Leon Higgins in 1942. It was created for the Bangor Highschool Oracle which…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Cotton twill bell bottom pants, ca. 1975 - Page 1 of 3

"1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

My Maine Stories

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

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My Peace on Earth
by Dana Eidsness

She left Maine for school and vowed she'd never move back.

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Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark