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Item 74524

Crimped lead seal, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: Lead

Item 74523

Electric meter seal crimper, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: Metal

Online Exhibits

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary

A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families Marvin Bryant, Seal Harbor, ca. 1920Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Text by Eliza…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"They started with a tiny piece in Seal Harbor and a hilltop overlooking Jordan Pond. Soon they held the top of Cadillac Mountain, and in 1916 they…"

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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… guardianship of her daughter, Mina, and died in Seal Harbor (where she lived with Mina for just one month) on December 5, 1925, at the age of 84."