Keywords: Stone sloop
Item 29314
J.R. Bodwell, Granite Ship, Searsport, ca. 1900
Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Searsport; Hallowell; Vinalhaven Media: Photographic print
Item 22381
Schooner "M.M. Hamilton," Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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A Brief History of Colby College
Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.
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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.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… stone over water was sometimes perilous: stone sloops sank more readily than the timber schooners in bad weather."
