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Historical Items

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Item 61873

Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 31509

Miss Pine Point, Scarborough, 1938

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1938 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 28985

Ernest B. Young in sealskin clothing, Brunswick, 1891

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1891 Location: Brunswick Media: Paper, photograph

Online Exhibits

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Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"Pierce Darting Gun (Harpoon), Hallowell, 1865Hubbard Free Library Ebenezer Pierce, a master shipwright, came from the New Bedford area and built…"

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Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Pierce Darting Gun (Harpoon), Hallowell, 1865Hubbard Free Library Eben Pierce, from Hallowell, was the creator of the “bomb lance” harpoon, which is…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society With strict conservation measures the lobster industry has…"