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Item 27733

Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905

Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 105890

Rice Brothers shipbuilding plant, East Boothbay, 1919

Rice Brothers shipbuilding plant, East Boothbay, 1919

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1919 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 35040

Sadye and Harriett Waterman on ship, 1936

Sadye and Harriett Waterman on ship, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Wreck of the Annie C. Maguire, December 24, 1886

Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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Riverside Hotel, at Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1910

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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Ship's Caulking Tool Kit, ca. 1820

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"On a ship, it was important to have lifeboats in case of an emergency. If the ship owners were really concerned about safety, they would put paddles…"

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Mattie A Pinette, Dog Tag, Mrs. Jos. Pinette, Guilford, Maine

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie and other survivors spent ten hours in a lifeboat before being rescued. She excelled in her work at the Casablanca Conference and became…"

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… – smoked herring, fishing, farming Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905Lubec Memorial Library 1850 – 1900 1860 • Lead mines established on South…"