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Historical Items

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Item 99378

Henry M. Brewster, Leeds, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print

Item 67740

Andrew Smith's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 67741

Andrew Smith's Store, Swan's Island, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"… library books were kept in stores, so the storekeepers were also called librarians. It started in 1847, when pioneers were interested in library…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Then storekeeper Tobias Roberts took the lead in Bar Harbor with Agamont House (1855). After that, the hotel race was on – and Bar Harbor won."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"Gould's memories of 1920, Yankee Storekeeper , 1946 X Medicinal Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey, ca. 1925 Courtesy of the Charles E."