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Historical Items

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Item 13951

Spencer, Browning and Rust sextant, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: London Media: Brass, wood

Item 19050

White Pine blister rust crew, 1919

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1919 Media: Photographic print

Item 23345

Plan of Christmas Cove property, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: South Bristol Media: Ink on paper, architectural drawing

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109345

Summer residence at Christmas Cove for Mr. Murray Shipley, South Bristol, 1916-1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: South Bristol Client: Murray Shipley Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111873

John S. Hyde residence, Bath, 1913-1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1956 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

Exhibit

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Exhibit

The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"From Native American shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have…"

Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"They've visited Baird's quarry to see the rusting remains of the once-busy industry, dug in the dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own…"

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… a beaded inset waistband and drape detail; and a rust wide shouldered textured heavy rayon crepe with a sequined bodice styled with an open back…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.