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Historical Items

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Item 15311

Kennebec River, near Outlet, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Maine Media: Lantern slide

Item 15308

Moose River outlet, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Maine Media: Lantern slide

Item 79295

Priscilla Steamboat, Moosehead Lake, 1900

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Taunton Raynham Academy Grant Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

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Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

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Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940

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.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The potato became so important that in 1913 Thomas Phair and other leading Presque Isle businessmen convinced the state legislature to fund the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison Showroom, a retail outlet for products manufactured by prisoners."