Keywords: Down East
Item 22210
Down East Ski Club members, Pleasant Mountain, 1952
Who are these skiers?
Contributed by: Tom Bennett through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1952 Location: Bridgton Media: Photographic print
Item 19299
Lodge floor frame, Pleasant Mountain, 1951
Contributed by: Tom Bennett through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1951 Location: Bridgton Media: Photographic print
Item 89186
Downes property, East End, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cynthia A. Downes Use: Camp
Item 89195
Downes property, East End, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cynthia A. Downes Use: Hen House
Item 150252
Broad Street Arcade, Bangor, 1974-1984
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1974–1984 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: unknown Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan
Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"… Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."
Site Page
"… an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities. Their boat the Sunbeam provided periodic transportation, as well as teachers…"
Story
A Florida Flatlander Finds Adventure in Maine (An Excerpt)
by Steve Hood
Humorous reminisces of former adventures in Maine from a Florida retiree
Story
Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham
It was great to be back in Maine.
