Keywords: islands
Item 66459
Malden Island, Five Islands, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 66461
Five Islands Harbor, Georgetown, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Georgetown Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 85621
Great Diamond Island Association property, Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Great Diamond Island Association Use: Wharf & Waiting Room
Item 85351
Island Ferry Company property, 1 Welch Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Island Ferry Company Use: Waiting Room
Item 151369
Chebeague Island Historical Society, Chebeague Island, 2001
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001 Location: Chebeague Island Client: Chebeague Island Historical Society Architect: Carol A. Wilson; UJMN and Carol A. Wilson Architects
Item 151500
Guest cabin for Sandbar Island Camps on Moosehead Lake, 1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Sandbar Tract Township Client: Sandbar Island Camps Architect: Stevens and Saunders Architects
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wartime on Mt. Desert Island
"Wartime on Mt. Desert Island Wartime did not pass MDI by. Many of the local men fought in the Revolutionary War and MDI continued to be represented…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity
"In 1968, the schools were united in a consolidated Mount Desert Island High School. The old loyalties did not disappear right away, but in time, the…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
Josiah Parsons Home Westport Island Maine
by Deborah G. Greenleaf
Westport Island historical information
