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Item 5264

Seamen's Bethel Church, Portland, ca. 1920

Seamen's Bethel Church, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 149061

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, Portland, ca. 1944

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, Portland, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 149062

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, seen from overhead, Portland, ca. 1944

Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, seen from overhead, Portland, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Tuna catch, South Bristol, ca. 1950

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Exhibit

Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… plow’s success died down difficult transportation troubled vehicles Deaths 56 seamen, 5 others on the Turnpike, and 2 lobstermen By Emma Wilson"

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Northeast Harbor Fleet Race, ca. 1930

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… often multi-talented families, and were not only seamen, but farmers and lumbermen as well. In 1789, the Town of Mt."

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Blizzard, Academy Street looking west, Hallowell, 1952

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… was sixty-three: two lobstermen, fifty-six other seamen, and five deaths on the Turnpike. Overall, this storm had many effects in Hallowell and all…"