Keywords: Henry L. Rand
Item 16461
Henry and Marion Rand, Southwest Harbor, 1906
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1906-09-26 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 16460
Somes Sound Looking South, 1893
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1893-08-31 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"Edward L. Rand headed up the Botanical Department. Samuel Eliot documented the meteorology, and Charles Eliot focused on geology."