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Keywords: Deer Isle

Historical Items

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Item 7802

Deer Isle school, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photoprint

Item 19397

Junior Grange officers, Deer Isle, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Deer Isle; Stonington Media: Photographic print

Item 7890

Deer Isle village, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photoprint

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109939

Plan of land owned by Frederick L. Olmsted, Deer Isle, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Deer Isle Client: unknown Architect: M. F. Sherman

Item 149100

Lengel residence plan, Little Deer Isle, 1996-2000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1996–2000 Location: Deer Isle Client: Elliot Lengel Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… wounding several and killing John Robbins of Deer Isle. The incident brought calls to hang Dow, but subsequent inquiries did not lead to a trial."

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A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Small, a Deer Isle man who served as a doctor on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… who carried the tradition from the British Isles. The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of Edinburgh."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… was received stopped at the postoffice either at Deer Isle or Mount Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those…"

My Maine Stories

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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.