Keywords: wealthy
Item 38184
Loring Leavitt homestead, Lubec, ca. 1897, ca. 1897
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card, trimmed along bottom
Item 1050
George and Ethel Jewett, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce
Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.
Exhibit
John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman
John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt
"Standing are (left to right) Wealthy Ellen Wormell Leavitt, (Betsey Leavitt Josselyn’s great-great-great grandmother) and Mary Elizabeth Wormell…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island
"… the contributions of accomplished and sometimes wealthy newcomers, have all exerted powerful influences on the history of Mount Desert Island."
Story
Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich
Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
