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Keywords: Washington County

Historical Items

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Item 36720

Cover of the Washington County Magazine, Machias, 1912, 1912

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1912 Location: Machias Media: Ink on paper

Item 18978

General Washington Before the Battle of Trenton, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1845 Location: Trenton Media: Engraving

Item 151921

Campsite in Washington County, ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Film negative

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151765

Monkhouse residence, Machiasport, 2002-2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2002–2013 Location: Machiasport Client: Christoper P. Monkhouse Architect: CES, Inc.; William McHenry, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… waters of Gardner’s Lake, east of Machias in far Washington County. They gathered from Ridge, Split Hill, McCurdy, and Straight Bay, rural schools…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… every male resident over the age of 10 in the Washington County town of Lubec.” Lubec’s 20-foot tides were harnessed to power plaster and grist…"

My Maine Stories

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Ronald Ramsay - MLTI impact in Washington County's MSAD 37
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project

Ronald Ramsay describes the impact of the arrival of on-to-one laptops in MSAD 37.

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ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche

A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977

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Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician