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Item 101545

Fishing at the pumping station, Woolwich, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Woolwich Media: Photographic print

Item 105885

Damariscotta Mills, Damariscotta, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Damariscotta Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 148232

Lower Falls at Saccarappa Dam, Westbrook, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-11 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… bell would ring, the masons come down from the ladders, the joiners drop their tools, and all would partake of rum, salt-fish, and crackers."…"

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Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.