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Item 27831
Title: Ship Frank F. Curling, Thomaston, 1878
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society
Date: 1878
Location: Thomaston
Media: Black and White Photograph
Item 55349
Title: Caulking Iron, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by: Maine State Museum
Date: circa 1607
Location: Phippsburg
Media: Iron
Item 17293
Title: S.S. Lillian Nordica, WWII Liberty Ship
Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association
Date: 1944
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
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In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
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Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.