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Item 6297

Getting seaweed, Sheepscot Bay, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Etching

Item 4324

Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, ca. 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1720 Media: Ink on paper

Item 66459

Malden Island, Five Islands, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Exhibit

MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

Exhibit

Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"Places like Small Point, and the councils that took place there, were not boundaries as much as confluences. Nearby Merrymeeting Bay was an English…"