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Item 10667
Title: Wreck of the schooner Empress, Kennebunkport, 1891
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum
Date: 1891
Location: Kennebunkport
Media: Photograph
Item 27865
Title: Charter Contract, Schooner Platina, 1845
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: 1845-05-02
Location: New York; Antwerp
Media: Ink on paper
Item 10718
Title: Flag of the 1845 ship Excelsior
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum
Date: circa 1985
Location: Kennebunk
Media: Photograph
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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 Bowdoin, which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
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Herring and sardines, small herring, were once an important part of the Maine economy. Smoked or salted herring provided an important food source before refrigeration and sardine canning was equally prominent along the Maine coast.
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Site
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag
The history of a 350+-year-old city south of Portland, the Scarborough site was constructed by representatives from Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Middle School, and Scarborough Public Library. Exhibits include the marsh, transportation and roads, shipyards and shipwrecks, clamming and lobstering, famous residents, and education.
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