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Item 23959

Bear Island Light, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 23958

Bear island Light, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 22236

Bear Island Light off Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Cranberry Isles; Mount Desert Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, 1943

Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

Exhibit

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… of the islets on the Northern side of Swan’s Island now bears his name. This history has largely been forgotten on the island today. Next page"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Marcia, Little Diamond Island, 1950Northern Light Mercy Hospital By 1830, church officials were strongly encouraging Catherine McAuley to stabilize…"