Keywords: Brooklyn
Item 80010
Mellie Dunham playing 'Rippling Waves,' 1926
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Brooklyn Media: Phonograph record
Item 108984
Madame St. Felix's satin gigot sleeve gown, Brooklyn, NY, ca. 1833
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Location: Brooklyn Media: silk, cotton
Exhibit
The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports
"… Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries
"Most notable were the Congressional Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Philadelphia Mint, the largest contract that Hall Quarry ever had."
Story
From Brooklyn to Maine
by Samuel Gelber
Moving to Maine changed my artistic style, and I continue to learn from the landscape every day.
Story
Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask
Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork