Keywords: winter quarters
Item 54904
Schooner 'Bowdoin' in winter quarters, Baffin Island, 1922
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1922-04-02 Location: Bowdoin Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 67669
Letter from Wm. Haley Jr. to his daughter, Elzira, 1865
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-01-15 Location: Winchester; Sebago Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2
"The tubular lace skirt is covered with a three- quarter length heavier lace overskirt, with a decorative, deeply tabbed hemline."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4
"An easy fitting three-quarter sleeved unlined edge to edge jacket completes the ensemble. Perhaps worn with white wide-heeled shoes and a neat little…"
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
