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Historical Items

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Item 6276

Dirigo House, Long Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Long Island Media: Photographic print

Item 24010

Long Pond, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Seal Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 105851

The Long Island Community Garden awaits gardeners, 2020

Courtesy of Nancy Noble, an individual partner Date: 2020-05-09 Location: Long Island Media: Digital image

Tax Records

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Item 88089

Long Island Ladies Improvement Association property, S. Side Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Long Island Ladies Improvement Association Use: Tea Room

Item 89110

Doughty property, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ella M. Doughty Use: Dwelling & Shed

Item 89112

Doughty property, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ella M. Doughty Use: Fish House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116307

Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

Exhibit

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Exhibit

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"Mount Desert Island has long been known for its natural beauty, the resilience of its native people, and the contributions of those who have made it…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… Hansen, adapted by Tim Garrity Mount Desert Island has long been seen as a place of abundant resources and natural beauty, where hardy people…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"Student narrative history of Mount Desert Island. Northeast Harbor: From Rustic to Rusticators By: Willie Granston The Granite Industry By: Mark…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

Story

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Story

Mosher family history and my career at S.D. Warren
by Abbott Mosher

My family settled the Westbrook region and I am a 4th generation paper maker at S.D. Warren.