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Historical Items

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Item 23957

Bathing Beach and Shore Club, Bar Harbor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 6005

Brunswick Canoe Club, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 98828

Camden Yacht Club, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1935 Location: Camden Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman

Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Kineo along the shores of Moosehead Lake.Maine Historical Society The pen name “Fly Rod” first was printed in the Phillips Phonograph."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… its situation, its sparkling bay, its inlets, its shores, its landscapes of hill, dale and plain…” The same qualities began to bring summer…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Canoeing at Bar Harbor, 1886Abbe Museum Canoe Club Boasting as many as 300 members, the Mount Desert Island Canoe Club encouraged “cooing, wooing…"

My Maine Stories

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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

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down