Keywords: United States Shipping Board
Item 15100
World War I manufacturing poster, 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102510
Aroostook Board of Trade organizes potato donation, Caribou, 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914-11-16 Location: Bangor; Caribou Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that they worked. If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea obtained it’s name but…"
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
Story
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
