Keywords: Islander II
Item 98687
Passenger Steamer Islander II leaving Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay Harbor; East Boothbay; Bath; Augusta Media: Glass Negative
Item 23878
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1915 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 111883
B.S.A. cottage, Chebeague Island, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Chebeague Island Client: Council B.S.A. Architect: John Calvin Stevens II
Item 116394
Barrett cottage alterations, Harpswell, 1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Harpswell Client: Oliver C. Barrett Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Exhibit
Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II
At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Site Page
"1870 James Joyce II's father came to Swan's Island to fish for mackerel in the early 1800's. Swan's Island Historical Society Early settlers…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire
"It was really World War II that ended the Depression. The United States entered the war in 1941, and many island men and women left to join the war…"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
