Keywords: strandings
Item 25096
Chester Black cutting beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative
Item 25098
Albert Doughty and Chester Black with beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative
Item 38940
Assessor's Record, 565 Congress Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Strand Amusement Co. - Lessee Use: Theatre
Item 38941
Assessor's Record, 567-569 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Strand Amusement Co. - Lessee Use: Mercantile
Exhibit
The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"She stranded on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost. Schooners were used to carrying cargo in a lot of different environments from ocean…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… into the hot, bright brew, women draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze, creating colorful curtains of blue, red, and green."
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
