Keywords: Great Salt Bay
Item 105885
Damariscotta Mills, Damariscotta, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Damariscotta Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 112090
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 7, 1694-1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1694–1853
Location: Brunswick
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 1057 images.
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Exhibit
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."
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the point in 1792. Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in…"
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry
"They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond. The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees…"
