Keywords: stonington
Item 7883
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: Stonington Media: Photoprint
Item 7619
School children, Stonington, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Stonington Media: Photographic print
Item 151864
Rosenfeld residence, Stonington, 1990-1992
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1990–1992 Location: Stonington Client: Samuel Rosenfeld Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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Evergreens and a Jolly Old Elf
Santa Claus and evergreens have been common December additions to homes, schools, businesses, and other public places to America since the mid nineteenth century. They are two symbols of the Christian holiday of Christmas whose origins are unrelated to the religious meaning of the day.
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Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures
"Trip to Stonington from Swan's Island, ca. 2005Swan's Island Historical Society This picture on the right is of Normie Burns taking islanders out…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"The kids from Stonington High School used to come down once a year on the steamboat and they’d play, come up and play different, you know, their…"
