Keywords: Water pollution
Item 25720
Summary of river condition, Lewiston, 1948
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1948 Media: Ink on paper
Item 25725
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1970-03-27 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"Hoping that the “cool waters of Eden” might invigorate body and soul, vacationers, referred to as rusticators, soon followed the artists."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"… too, lost its luster as industrial development polluted its waters, but the 20th century would bring great advances in historic preservation and…"
Story
Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber
Farming oysters in Casco Bay
Story
Make It Great Again
by SC
2020, Acrylic on canvas
