Keywords: Coastal villages
Item 6526
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Popham Beach Media: Photoprint
Item 6527
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Popham Beach Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties
"Lumberman, Patten, c.1900Patten Lumbermen's Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding…"
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… differences throughout the past century, this coastal town's diligent, diverse, and talented residents had developed a strong communal pride and a…"
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
