Keywords: West Boothbay
Item 92243
Schooners at West Boothbay Harbor ice wharf, 1907
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1907-02-22 Location: West Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 96826
Boothbay Harbor's west side cold storage building, winter 1918
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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