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Historical Items

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Item 67663

Unloading the first ferry, Swan's Island, 1960

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1960-03-13 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 27104

Governor Brann Ferry, Islesboro, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Islesboro Media: Postcard

Item 67662

"William S. Silsby" Ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Swan's Island Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Silsby was the first ferry to serve Swan’s Island, welcomed with a festive inaugural ceremony in July of 1960."

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Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The ferry could rock you off of it, but the bridge stays still. With the ferry, it takes you across the river and you have to wait turns, but with…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Governor Brann Ferry, aerial view, ca. 1950Islesboro Historical Society The first public ferry boat, the Governor Brann, was launched in Rockland…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.