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Keywords: The Pier

Historical Items

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Item 19210

Municipal Pier, Bar Harbor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 19155

Eastern Yacht Club Pier, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 19153

Harbor and Yacht Club Pier, Bar Harbor, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 96709

Verrill Street Lot 216, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sophia Drummond

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109238

H. Tabenken Company warehouse, Presque Isle, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Presque Isle Client: H. Tabenken Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 149115

Cox residence plan, Sutton Island, 1902-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902–1994 Location: Sutton Island Client: Thomas A. Cox Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Item 109691

Plan of Amusement Hall, Boothbay Harbor, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

Exhibit

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Some of the deteriorating piers can still be seen the Androscoggin river, above the High Bridge, in the Virginia Area of Rumford."

Site Page

Friendship Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Although the steel has been removed, the concrete piers are still visible today from Riverside Drive between State and Main Streets."

My Maine Stories

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Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.

Story

Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime

Story

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.