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Maine State Museum

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"In the late 1700s and through the 1800s the waters around Swan’s Island were bountiful with flounder, cod, halibut, haddock, and herring."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around the first of July. The Bay of Fundy, the Maine coast, and even the…"

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

"Whether viewed as a blessing or a curse, this separation has created a resilient community. Many of the old ties have been broken as the generation…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"View more Lubec images. The West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association enhances the experience and knowledge of community members and visitors to…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… Zoom in on this tintype photo for intimate views of these faces from so long ago. Standing are (left to right) Wealthy Ellen Wormell Leavitt…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"… The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store The McCormick house Ocean View Hotel Odd Fellows Hall"

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

"Captain Herrick’s Ocean View Hotel in Swan’s Island Village had a well used dance floor. Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were…"

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

"Seaside Hall View of Atlantic, Swan's Island, 1916Swan's Island Historical Society Seaside Hall was built by the Atlantic Improvement Society…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the present day, farmers, fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer residents, and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… the stories that shaped this small community and its inhabitants in the western mountains of Maine. Click Here To View All Of Our Online Items"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… Maps from 1855 to 1875 identify shipyards on Water Street under the following names: Robinson, McCallum, Walsh, French, E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"Hoping that the “cool waters of Eden” might invigorate body and soul, vacationers, referred to as rusticators, soon followed the artists."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… and 50s, the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company. Shepard's Wharf was also on the waterfront and was the head of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… exact representing him carrying his pitcher of water to his office on maine st ..." Martin wrote that Hayford was a staunch Democrat and was the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Water was in the streets, yards, and even in home’s. It happened because the ice was backed up under a bridge and the water overflowed."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized. He sought the assistance of a well-known, profitable, and…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Society HOLBROOK'S POOL HALL This is a view of Water Street, looking west, around 1930. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks are on the left."