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Keywords: Boothbay Harbor

Historical Items

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Item 82994

Sockabasin family basket makers, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1915,, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 6000

Mackerel fleet, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1894 Location: Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Item 96824

View down School Street to Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109132

Boothbay Harbor Marina, Boothbay Harbor, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: Boothbay Harbor Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109483

Additions and alterations for school at Boothbay Harbor, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: unknown Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Item 109691

Plan of Amusement Hall, Boothbay Harbor, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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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 <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

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Great War and Armistice Day

In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.

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Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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