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

"The first woman manager of the Swan's Island Electric Co-op.Swan's Island Historical Society Three occupational areas, in particular, have an…"

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

"… Consolidated School, Swan's Island, 1954Swan's Island Historical Society The separation between islanders decreased further when the three schools…"

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

"Print. Thorndike, Virginia. Islanders Real Life on the Maine Islands . Downeast Pub., 2005. Print. http://www.seacoastmission.org Many thanks to our…"

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

"… Society Eighth grade graduation, Swan's Island, 1954Swan's Island Historical Society The first floor of the building contains an old ticket…"

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

"1950Swan's Island Historical Society Islanders aren't sure when or why the "Tom Thumb" plays began."

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

"… discussing the lobster haul of the day, Swan's Island, 1950Swan's Island Historical Society A successful trap limit was enforced in 1984 that…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"1925Swan's Island Historical Society As members of a small island school, many of Swan's Island's k-8th grade school share common ancestry."

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

"1950Swan's Island Historical Society Telephones for family use arrived on the island during the 1920s."

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

"Those who served our island in the capacity of nurse that followed Miss Douglass are Ruth Osborne, Ann Calley, Leila Whitehill, Helen Bernstoff…"

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

"1920Swan's Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the…"

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

"Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident Marion Stinson remembers the hotel: "Mom took me to one…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"1965Swan's Island Historical Society The Minturn Schoolhouse closed when the three island schools consolidated into one in 1951."

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

"1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially the islanders at work and play exhibits, we have had to work with scant…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"… club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's Island history and the Maine…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… marriage license, Swan's Island, 1910Swan's Island Historical Society One family story involves Laura Turner, an island girl who married Dana…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular Swan's Island Tea Room, but it once served as a home for…"

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

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society Swimmers at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, ca."

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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… the home of Theo McCormick, who moved to Swan's Island with her late husband Stephen McCormick, the longtime radio and television broadcaster who…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… Pond X On July 27, 2003, a group of Swan's Islanders got together to drain the Quarry Pond in Minturn, Swan's Island."

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

"Spurling's Store, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Island stores received regular supplies from the mainland, and as many as…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"The island was a good site to hunt seal and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"There was not another woman in this position until Nancy Carter was elected in 2004. Velma Morse HolmesSwan's Island Historical Society The…"