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Waterfront with steamboat, Swan's Island, ca. 1920

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

"… that housed the projector and playing 'submarine' as a child. In the late 1940's, the building was already in disrepair with a caving floor. There…"

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Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca. 1910

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… all night vigils in search of German boats and submarines. Surry Historical Society As with all wars, there were some profitable areas."

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"Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960

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

"Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable. Electricity made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses."

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Big Tree, Islesboro, ca. 1920

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was the first vessel sunk in the war by German submarines in 1917. Ryder's Cove Wharf, Islesboro, c."