Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Silsby was the first ferry to serve Swan’s Island, welcomed with a festive inaugural ceremony in July of 1960."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… times have changed drastically, with frequent ferry service bringing mainland stores much closer, giving islanders many and varied choices of items…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… the 1960-1980s there were lobster bakes at the ferry terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

""Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The Seawind, run by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, departed…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Today it can be kept at a distance; a ferry distance. The Islanders at Play Exhibit represents this "simplicity of free time" used by our ancestors…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where Islesboro’s only lighthouse was built in 1850."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"… Pleasures cont'd Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca. 1940sSwan's Island Historical Society These village stores carried just about anything needed: canned…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were held there. In the village of Atlantic, during the 1970’s, Mertic Morrison would have music…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s firsts have been overlooked in the era of women’s rights and not recorded…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"One is in Swan’s Island Village called Mallye’s Pond. It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office building."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… was located at 241 Harbor Road in Swan's Island village. What was left of it eventually became the summer home of Eric and Fran Chetwynd."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The latter was also divided into the North and Harbor village. These distinct areas historically had their own schools, stores, and post offices, so…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"She also served as a representative of the Village of Atlantic on the Committee for Health and Sanitation for many years starting in the early 1950s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village. From the waterfront, the hall stood out tall against the horizon, as can be seen from…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Seaside Hall's location on the shore proved to be…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… mostly on the shores of Minturn and Swan’s Island Village. Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that baited trawlers coming into…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Ferry, Lubec Narrows, ca. 1912 Lubec Historical Society Auto Ferry, Lubec, ca. 1925Lubec Historical Society Click on any of these photographs…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"With good conditions, they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from Prospect to Buckport, just upriver of Fort Knox."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"founded for the purpose of running a steam ferry between Eastport and Lubec 1884 • The Lubec Herald begins publication 1889 • Torrent Fire Co."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Streets welcomed visitors who arrived via the ferry wharf at the camera’s rear. Click on the picture then read the text telling of the portion of…"

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

"… later Avery commuted to high school in Lubec’s village, class of 1916. The first ever Quoddy Light yearbook forecast a political career, the Class…"

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

"… of the employees are residents of the towns and villages in which the canneries are located. Quite a number, however, come from the islands in the…"