Keywords: Cape Cod
Item 102379
Isaac French homestead, Kingfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide
Item 67368
Osmond Clark house, East Surry, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"Clams, flounders, salmon, shad, cod and haddock were plentiful, and succotash and pemmican (no hide) were popular Indian dishes."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House
"… has been altered but its basic simplistic Cape Cod style is quite typical of the times. It is said that the walls are constructed with vertical…"
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
