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Item 34194

Cascade Pond ice field, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1932 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 34045

Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 11301

Pinnacle Ridge and Katahdin, Baxter State Park, 1953

Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: 1953 Location: Mt. Katahdin Twp. Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Ice: A Maine Commodity

Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society Swimmers at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, ca."

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Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"