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Old Berwick Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… Raynes' death in 1914 when the unidentified author found a transcript he thought was lost of Raynes' remembrances of the trip around Cape Horn."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and author and illustrator of a journal recounting his life and experiences in the Bangor area, drew this…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Town of Islesboro authorized bonds to pay for a publicly owned and run ferry system. The Governor Brann was launched at I.L."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… school teacher in the Philippines where he authored a history of the Islands. Sources Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… the compiler of collections of hymns, and the author of a vesper service. After the death of his brother Henry in 1882, Samuel retired from the…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… as Maine Photography: A History 1840-2015, co-authored by Shettleworth, Libby Bischof and Susan Danly (2015). As of 2019, Earle Shettleworth, Jr."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"An author, she traveled and lectured extensively on East Asia. Her daughter Helen Baker Cushman donated the ensemble to Portland's Westbrook College…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… Maine Memory Network (MMN) portal with narratives authored by fashion and textile historian Jacqueline Field."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… Egret X In his book Secrets of a Salt Marsh, author John O. Snow beautifully describes life in a salt marsh, “a world of many different…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"3.Interview with Donald Googins by the author, 24 November 2009. 4.Queenie Seal’s diary, 1951."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a super highway.(8) The first section of highway opened in…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… includes all editions for the Guide which he authored from 1935 to 1952. Soon after Avery’s untimely death on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… Schad, Remember the Children, published by the author, 2006. The book was not used as a source in this exhibit."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… 1841–1908: American clergyman, journalist, and author; son of Jacob Abbott Jacob Abbott 1803-1879: Founder of The Abbott School and author of…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"According to John Gilman, the author of the business history of the canneries, 1952 was the year the key cans were introduced."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The May School was erected for them next to their home on Upper Main Street, presently the home of Anthony Nichols."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… earliest photographs, he is described by author Emma Huntington Nason in Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, as one of the town’s “interesting…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"The GAR helped establish soldiers' homes in sixteen states and orphanages in seven states by 1890. The soldiers' homes were later transferred to the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"His home is now known as the Copper Horse Inn. He operated a grist mill and lumber mill. Elias's home was built across from the Veterans’ Monument."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… Library In 1909, Emma Huntington Nason, poet, author and composer wrote in Old Hallowell on the Kennebec: A stranger visiting Hallowell, to-day…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… encouraged and advised by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, a frequent presenter. Summer teacher institute on the historic…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Jeremy Porter home, Strong, ca. 1880Strong Historical Society Fly Rod's mother was a Porter, and through her she was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Historical Society, 1992 A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era, edited by Donald W. Beattie, Rodney M. Cole, and Charles G."