Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"… electric shavers made by Schick, Remington, and Sunbeam. The Wilder Jewelry Building goes back to 1885 and has survived two devastating fires, one…"

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

"Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including…"

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…"