Keywords: deep sea fishing
Item 19011
Worker at Deep Sea Products, South Portland, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 31057
Fishing Party Poster, Scarborough, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"Lumber and fish were bought and sold; fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s
"Gentle slopes led down to the deep and sheltered channels on tidal waterways. Timbers could be laid down on the shores for ships and then easily…"
Story
Backup Captain
by Shannon & Asa Richards
Our family’s deep connections to the maritime and fishing communities
