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Item 8438

Jam at Crofoot, East Branch, Penobscot River, ca. 1900

Jam at Crofoot, East Branch, Penobscot River, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 5574

Aerial view of Newport, ca. 1956

Aerial view of Newport, ca. 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1956 Location: Newport Media: Photographic print

Item 8447

Grindstone Pitch, East Branch, Penobscot River, 1890

Grindstone Pitch, East Branch, Penobscot River, 1890

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: 1890 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Noon Lunch, Eagle Lake, 1911

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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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Exhibit

Mary Mitchell Selmore, Pleasant Point, 1901

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.