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Historical Items

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Item 148867

"Sunbeam IV" christening, Warren, Rhode Island, 1964

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1964-03-02 Location: Warren Media: Photographic print

Item 148866

Guests at the launch of the "Sunbeam IV," Rhode Island, 1964

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1964-09-02 Location: Warren Media: Photographic print

Item 27769

Launch "Nimrod," Saco River, 1913

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1913 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

Exhibit

Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

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 Pages

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Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… this way until the fifties, when the Soviet Union launched the first spacecraft. At this point, the government insisted that the school curriculums…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Governor Brann was launched at I.L. Snow Company shipyard in Rockland, Maine at 10 A.M on May 19, 1936."

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… time, the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company launched weekly trips to coastal stops and then went on to Boston using its new ship appropriately…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima