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Historical Items

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Item 21574

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Bar Harbor, 1940

Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: 1940 Location: Bar Harbor; Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Item 81050

CCC Camp, Indian Township, 1934

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: 1934 Location: Indian Township Media: Photographic print

Item 81051

CCC Camp, Indian Township, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: circa 1934 Location: Indian Township Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Exhibit

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.

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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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Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Fly Rod Crosby left behind a legacy of conservation, equal opportunity and economic development for the people of the Maine woods."

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… establishment of West Quoddy State Park and other conservation areas have contributed to an increasing number of visitors to Lubec, lured by the…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down