Keywords: Black Island
Item 16448
Cliffs on Suttons Island, Southwest Harbor, 1907
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1907-09-07 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 20784
Black Point, Scarborough, ca. 1633 - 1728
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1633 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper, map
Item 88190
Black property, E. Side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Hulda M. Black Use: Hospital
Item 88191
Black property, E. Side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Hulda M. Black Use: Garage
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement
"… were obtained later on in 1846 from Colonel John Black of Ellsworth, Attorney for the heirs of the William Bingham estate (see Hancock County…"
Site Page
"… Listen to Chapter Two The Press, Myths, and Black Peoples in Maine Listen to Chapter Three The Islanders Listen to Chapter Four…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
My family and Malaga Island
by Charmagne Tripp
The state of Maine evicted all residents of Malaga Island in 1912.
