Keywords: peary
Item 28775
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1913 Media: Photographic print
Item 7812
Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Harpswell Media: Card photograph
Item 35774
45-47 Brown Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Feuerman Barnet & Rosenberg Bros Use: Apartments
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.
Site Page
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
Minik Wallace 1891-1918
by Genevieve LeMoine, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
The life of Minik, an Inuit person from Greenland who grew up in New York City.
