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Historical Items

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Item 80032

Purple Heart citation for John Edward Barry, 1947

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-01-02 Location: Newburgh Media: Text

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Item 67652

Forest Paper Company office force, Yarmouth, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 81263

Symbol of Recognition for John Edward Barry, Portland, 1945

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-05-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.

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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… that he had "engaged an artist of acknowledged merit to design furniture, etc., etc. so as to give his pictures all the richness and romance of the…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… of Chalgrove, opinion is hotly divided as to his merit.” Perhaps the fact that he refused to pay what he considered an illegal tax imposed by King…"

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… with the rank of Captain and the Legion of Merit. Based mostly in Washington, D.C. during peacetime, he also served as president of the Potomac…"