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D.B. Prince concerning Nancy Pierce, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Gorham; York Media: Ink on paper

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Map of Campobello Island, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Campobello Island Media: Ink on paper

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… owned byCharles and Ernestine's daughter, Nancy Davis. Andrew Smith at his woodpile, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… was not another woman in this position until Nancy Carter was elected in 2004. Velma Morse HolmesSwan's Island Historical Society The…"