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Historical Items

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Item 27733

Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 17614

Ferry Norman II, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1918 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 7528

Lifeboat drill, Biddeford Pool, about 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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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.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"On a ship, it was important to have lifeboats in case of an emergency. If the ship owners were really concerned about safety, they would put paddles…"

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie and other survivors spent ten hours in a lifeboat before being rescued. She excelled in her work at the Casablanca Conference and became…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… – smoked herring, fishing, farming Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905Lubec Memorial Library 1850 – 1900 1860 • Lead mines established on South…"