In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Maine Bicentennial: Raymond
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, the Lakes Region Weekly is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years.
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Maine Bicentennial: Buxton
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, the American Journal is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years.
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Maine Bicentennial: North Yarmouth
Mr. and Mrs. John Britt of North Yarmouth delivering milk in a typical morning scene, circa 1915. After milking the cows, farmers loaded wagons with cans of milk and cream to be taken to the local store or, later, to the railroad in time for the early morning milk train that passed through North Yarmouth […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Portland
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Maine Bicentennial: South Portland
An employee empties a bucket of textile material at the Sparhawk Mill in the Knightville section of South Portland in 1946.
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Maine Bicentennial: Brunswick
A group of six Bowdoin College medical students posed for this tintype holding instruments and specimens used in their education. A note accompanying the image says that the students are from the class of 1869.
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Maine Bicentennial: Portland
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Maine Bicentennial: Scarborough
The North Scarborough School, shown here around 1900, was a one-room building on County Road near the junction of Gorham Road. Students attended there from 1875-1958. It was closed by the town due to the expense of providing “modern toilets” and students were sent to Eight Corners School, which opened in 1959. In commemoration of […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Freeport
A postcard image of Post Office Square, at the corner of Main and Bow streets in Freeport, around 1930. In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.