Keywords: The Pier
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 96709
Verrill Street Lot 216, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Sophia Drummond
Item 150180
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 151830
Cox residence, 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
Exhibit
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
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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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."
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Story
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
