Search Results

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 81 Showing 3 of 81

Item 80446

South Bay, Lubec, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 36781

South Bay, Lubec, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 148239

Scow off breakwater, South Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-01 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 38 Showing 3 of 38

Exhibit

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Exhibit

Instructors building, Little Chebeague Island, 1947

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.

Exhibit

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 29 Showing 3 of 29

Site Page

Copy of Surry and Ellsworth map, ca. 1880

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"