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 - Water Transportation

"Margaret Chase Smith Ferry, ca. 2000Islesboro Historical Society On December 1, 1987, a new ferry, the Margaret Chase Smith was put into service."

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Firefighting vehicle, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society The I.O.R.M (Improved Order of Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels, who swept them up in buckboards and whirled them at a gallop to…"