Keywords: Wharf Shop
Item 33278
Hot tar on Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 31935
Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1975, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 86349
Garage, Paint Shop, Store, Machine Shop, Custom House Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf Use: Garage, Paint Shop, Store, Machine Shop
Item 86337
31 Custom House wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf Use: Welding Shop
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop
"Also on the wharf was a blacksmith shop. From 1797 – 1801 Rowland Jacobs, from Massachusetts, was hired by Knox to take charge of the blacksmith…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840
"Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Alonzo E."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
