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Item 105353

"Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Maine," 1826

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1826 Media: Engraving

Item 111008

Pigeon River, including waterways between Lakes Kaseigunaha and Superior, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper
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Item 79435

Rumford Point Ferry dock, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

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After the Theatre, Riverton Park, ca. 1905

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

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.

Exhibit

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.