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Historical Items

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Item 79592

The first swing bridge in South Bristol, ca. 1910

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 101065

Circus swing, Boston, 1853

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1853 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

Item 100930

Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin

Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.

Exhibit

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

Exhibit

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… activities. He wrote of that it was "the easiest swing I ever sit in," adding, "we have had gent & Ladies swing in it from New York Indianna…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"Of the circus swing, he wrote, "The introduction of swing exercises on a rope as below commenced in this Circus which was as wonderful as any feats…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… grudgeons set in the centre of the posts so as to swing out or in as the case may require..." View additional information about this item on the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

Story

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

Story

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima