March 24, 2014

DIGITAL HISTORY

Stories from Maine Memory Network

Online Exhibit:

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Northport Hotel, ca. 1900 MMN #98816

Given the severity of this winter, we thought you would appreciate a hearty dose of summertime history, courtesy of Penobscot Marine Museum, which just completed its second of two MMN grant-funded online exhibits.

Vacationing "rusticators" flooded into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century, many arriving by train or steamer. Eventually, automobile use expanded and changed the tourist trade; some vacationers bought their own "cottages." This exhibit showcases Maine tourist destinations, their out-of-state visitors, and locals who interacted with them.

View this exhibit online.

THIS WEEK

There are no scheduled programs this week, but we welcome you to explore our Museum exhibition This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War including the Civil War Memorial Wall (closing May 26).

On view in our Lecture Hall gallery is the exhibition From Chop Suey to Washington Pie: Maine Menus (closing March 31).

COMING SOON

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Saturday, April 5, 8:00am - 3:30pm

Maine Genealogical Society Spring Workshop with Maureen Taylor, "The Photo Detective"

Photo from www.MaureenTaylor.com

Maine Genealogical Society's spring workshop is presented in partnership with MHS. Keynote speaker Maureen Taylor presents on topics relating to historic photo analysis. Sessions include Identifying and Dating Family Photographs, Preserving Family Photographs - 1839 to Present; Hair-steria: Celebrities and Their Historical Look-Alikes, and The Last Muster: Photographs and Stories from the American Revolution. The Dating and Preserving sessions include a special focus on Civil War photography.

Location: Augusta Elks Club. Registration is required; cost: $40 MGS/MHS members; $50 non-members; lunch is included. Click here to register.

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SUPPORT YOUR HISTORY

Enjoy An Evening in the 1920s!

Picture yourself in the 1920s! The Maine Historical Society's annual fundraising event, An Evening in the 1920s, celebrates the decade that is known for prohibition, jazz, roadsters, dancing, and parties.

Bring your friends and enjoy:

Cocktails, dinner, and dancing to the music of The Fogcutters--a new kind of Big Band. Plus, an auction, roaring '20s photobooth, and tours of the historic Portland Masonic Temple. Don't miss our one-night-only 1920s-themed exhibition drawn from the MHS collections!

Buy your tickets online today.

MHS WEBSITES

Maine Historical Society	Museum Store
Maine Memory Network	Museum Catalog
Vintage Maine Images	Library Catalog
Maine History Online	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101

207-774-1822

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