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Historical Items

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Item 98693

Pierce Furniture, Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Glass Negative

Item 23907

George Pierce on fire at Bowdoin, 1822

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1822 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79235

US Peg and Shank Mill, Princeton, 1930

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: 1930 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce

Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.

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Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.

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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Site Pages

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… liver, specially packed canned foods from SS Pierce Co. in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony."