Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… collection’s finest and widest crinolines is a boat necked short sleeved teal and pink silk plaid with a set of detachable long sleeves, fringed…"

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

"“The current swept our boat close to the work trestle,” said Chandler. Cranes with pier construction on new bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"But they were not to be together long. Isaac died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1865, at the age of 28--perhaps that he was a sea captain…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages constructed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… forested hills near a serene cove, the crew had long, contentious discussions about settling in this particular spot."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… did brisk business, with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"An invitation to Nowick from a long-time fan of his performance, Catherine Filene Shouse, founder of the Wolf Trap, the National Park for the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"The first time it hit land was on Long Island, and New York. It hit Long Island directly as a category 2 hurricane."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… his time, fish were hauled up in baskets from the boats, and dumped into the tanks. Later came winches, buckets and sluices."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… could also arrive, in more romantic fashion, by boat, canoe, or ferry. From the slip at river’s edge, it was a climb up a steep set of steps, a…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"… and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The large engraving is accompanied by two smaller framed pictures, showing…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… the logs were placed side by side like a flat boat. The ferries came to Lincoln in the mid 1800s."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"and blocked transportation for everyone, even by boat. Although these situations occurred, the people of Hallowell were not alone."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far more developed than Flagg’s Point (Lubec)."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… the library got computers for public use, and a boat launch was installed on the Piscataquis River."

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

"He was shooting from the deck of the boat he was sailing with his brother to Prince Edward Island. Both canneries were important operations later in…"

Acadian Archives

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"