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Mr. Merrill, caretaker, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Falmouth Media: Photoprint

George Winfield Akeley, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Island Light and Wter Company property, Island Light and Water Co. Shed, Little Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Island Light and Wter Company Use: Shed

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Beulah Akeley, Librarian, ca. 1940

"Later she and her husband George were caretakers at the Methodist church in Presque Isle. Beulah is mentioned in the March 1945 edition of the…"

Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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Wabanaki Sovereignty
by Mali Obomsawin and Lokotah Sanborn

Bomazeen Land Trust, renewing and resuming Wabanaki caretaking and stewardship roles

From Naturalists to Environmentalists
by Andy Beahm

The beginnings of Maine Audubon in the Portland Society of Natural History