Keywords: Swan's Island
Item 61851
Theo Buswell May talks about farm life, Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 61854
Albert Buswell telling about sheep shearing on Swan's Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1940–1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 82590
Swan property, N. Side Park Avenue, Central Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Gertrude P. Swan Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 151233
Wint residence, Swans Island, 1992
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992 Location: Swans Island Client: Dennis M. Wint Architect: Landscape Design Associates
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
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.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"… to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current home…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports
"Swan's Island softball team, 1958Swan's Island Historical Society Swan's Island softball team, ca."
Story
Why I came to Maine and what's kept me here
by Kate Webber
I came to Maine for college but then got involved in contradance and museums.
