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Item 70236
Dr. Gale on deceased soldier, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-16 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 102951
"Fruit Cake For The Trenches" recipe, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.
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.
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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