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Historical Items

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Item 7436

Readfield Railroad depot, July 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Readfield Media: Photo negative

Item 7413

Boys getting off train at Readfield, 1953

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1953 Location: Readfield Media: Photographic print

Item 7411

Leaving Camp Winnebago at Readfield Depot, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: circa 1940 Location: Readfield; Fayette Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150620

House for Mr. E.M. Hutchinson, Readfield, 1896-1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896–1897 Location: Readfield Client: E. M. Hutchinson Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Item 150603

House for Mr. M. J. Harriman, Kents Hill, Readfield, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Readfield Client: M. J. Harriman Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Online Exhibits

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Away at School: Letters Home

Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.

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Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"John Hubbard (1794-1869) was born in Readfield, Me., to Dr. John and Olive Hubbard. He attended Dartmouth College and following graduation served for…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"The painting style is reminiscent of the Readfield artist Jonathan Treadwell, who was active in the 1840s. Julia Clapp Carroll, ca."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"They had just reached the last home in Readfield, belonging to Constant Norton, when a blizzard stopped them."

My Maine Stories

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A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.