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Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 63065

Swan's Islanders recount their Island childhoods, 1930-1960

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1930–1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 61854

Albert Buswell telling about sheep shearing on Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1940–1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 61851

Theo Buswell May talks about farm life, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 61859

Myron 'Sonny' Sprague talks about the family store, Swan's Island, 1957-1974

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1957–1974 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Item 67666

Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61852

Hauling hay, Swan's Island, ca. 1925, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 68359

Children acting in "Tom Thumb's Wedding," Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 67737

Minturn Schoolhouse in disrepair, Swan's Island, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61869

Walter Joyce with lobster, Swan's Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61867

Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61877

Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61850

Fred Turner Sr. with oxen, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61849

Calvin Stanley, Swan's Island, 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61856

Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61860

Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61858

Andrew Smith store, Atlantic village, Swan's Island, 1928

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61844

Fish factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61845

Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61874

Lobsterman holding one giant lobster, Swan's Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61861

Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61862

Quarry tracks and granite stones for shipping, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61848

Theo & Etta Buswell with sheep, Swan's Island, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61855

Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 61846

Marion Stinson, 'Jill of All Trades,' Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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