Keywords: Tender
Item 21093
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1944-11-09 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 21092
Buoy Tender built by Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Mount Desert; Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 85633
Gate Tender's house, South Side Woodford Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Gate Tender's house
Item 96136
160 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Gate Tender's house
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Exhibit
Lock of George Washington's Hair
Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.
Site Page
"… there is one in every heart; and God help and tenderly pity them who cannot lock the unwelcome visitor in some who cannot lock the unwelcome…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864
"… working for Prince as a bookkeeper and store tender. Martin, who began writing and illustrating a journal reflecting on his life and activities…"
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
Story
Working at International Paper and being part of the community
by Gary Desjardens
Working for International Paper and volunteering for the Special Olympics of America