Keywords: Seafaring life
Item 108610
Life saving station, Popham Beach, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Phippsburg Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 19236
John G. Dillingham to wife, September 28, 1865
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Freeport; Baltimore Media: Paper
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The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
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Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"… 1884Maine Historical Society Shipbuilding Seafaring enterprises played a major role in Surry's economy during the nineteenth century."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation
"1910Swan's Island Historical Society What is life like on a Maine island? What sort of person chooses to place six miles of water between themselves…"
