Keywords: St. Jean Baptiste 1890
Item 18402
Alfred Auger as St-Jean-Baptiste, 1890
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1890 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Photographic print
Item 18522
St-Jean-Baptiste portrayal, 1890
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1890 Location: Lewiston; Auburn; Poland Media: Oil
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.