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Historical Items

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Item 55115

Schooner 'Bowdoin' navigating Strait of Belle Isle, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947-08-08 Location: Strait of Belle Isle Media: Photo negative

Item 16905

Graduates, Gouldville Elementary, Presque Isle, 1922

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1922 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 19378

Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… the 1750s and early 1800s like Bonnie Doon, Belle Isle March, I Have Saved Thee, and Hark! The Goddess Diana."

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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"They paid $400 to purchase and install the bell. Today the official name is the Presque Isle Congregational Church. Sources: Vance, Melissa."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"The Unitarian Church bell was purchased by a local person during the razing and given to the Methodist Church, which exhibited the bell at the front…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets."