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Site Pages
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying
"Quarrying Quarry men after work, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Theater
"Theater Dressing up, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Theatrical performances often focused on raising money to…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store
"Andrew Smith Store Andrew Smith's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society Captain Andrew C."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Farming Walter Joyce comparing height of corn, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Farming was always a part of the fabric…"
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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…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance
"Dance Musicians for dances at Mertic Morrison's restaurant, Swan's Island, ca.1968Swan's Island Historical Society Dancing was also a popular…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play
"Islanders At Play Text by Beverly McAloon Audios created and produced by Meghan Vigeant Images from Swan's Island Historical Society Swan’s Island…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication
"Telephone communication In 1896 two store owners, H.W. Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town
"Running the Town Decades went by before a woman served in a municipal office. In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation
"-Across the Sea- a history through transportation Text by Kate Webber Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Four men line fishing…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures
"Summer Pleasures Dale Stockbridge and Galen Turner, Swan's Island, ca. 1965Swan's Island Historical Society Playing at the beach, Swan's…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts
"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"
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"II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement Photograph of a portrait of Colonel James Swan, 1795 X The beginnings of European…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond
"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives
"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room
"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry
"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits
"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"
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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"… island less as a studious endeavor and more as a vacation (and indeed those sections of the logbooks are perhaps the most entertaining)."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"This was not just a vacation, however. Each member of the group would do some work in natural history or science during their time on the island."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… Library As Bar Harbor evolved into a premiere vacation and leisure destination, it was only a matter of time until the movies came to town."
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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… of other summer stock theaters popping up in vacation locales of New England in the 1920s and '30s, the Surry Theater offered a different play…"