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Item 14610

Surveyor's compass, Fort Kent, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Fort Kent Media: Metal, glass

Item 13932

Mariner's Compass, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Brass, glass, wood

Item 33918

Mariner's Compass, 1791

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1791 Location: Blue Hill Media: Pen and Ink and Watercolor on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151842

Rockefeller residence, Falmouth Foreside, 1989-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989–1995 Location: Falmouth Client: Richard G. Rockefeller Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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Online Exhibits

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The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

Exhibit

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Exhibit

Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… Maine is reflected in four images of men holding compasses, folding rules, and framing squares. The building trades are illustrated in pictures of…"