Keywords: Bath Maine Waterfront
Item 11043
Waterfront and downtown Bath, 1851
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1851 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 8864
Steel four-mast bark 'Dirigo,' Bath, 1894
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Bath, then called Long Reach, first achieved a separate identity as the Second Parish of Georgetown in 1759."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"The waterfronts of both towns provided the perfect location for the industry, and a working landscape of canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses…"
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
