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Historical Items

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Item 19216

Green Mountain Railroad, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

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Item 21318

Green Mountain Railway Pass, 1887

Contributed by: Acadia National Park Date: 1887 Location: Eden; Bar Harbor Media: Paper and Ink

Item 21071

Green Mountain Advertisement, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Bar Harbor; Bar Harbor Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151385

Marcus/Savage residence, Carrabassett Valley, 1997

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1997 Location: Carrabassett Valley Clients: George J. Marcus; Nancy Savage Architect: Carol A. Wilson

Online Exhibits

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

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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Music in Maine - Country Music

"… Doane Katahdin Mountaineers, 1925 Courtesy of Bob Greene X Don Doane Sr.’s Katahdin Mountaineers, regarded as the first country band in New…"

Site Pages

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Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"There are nine mountains in Byron: Old Turk (Mount Turk and Broad), Whaleback, Durham Hill, Hedgehog Hill, Pleasant, and Record are a few."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"Green Mountain RailroadJesup Memorial Library Bring half-worn winter garments, with boots ditto, to be prepared for tramping and excursions."

My Maine Stories

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Story

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR

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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