Keywords: Village improvement society
Item 29338
Sprinkler wagon, Blue Hill, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper
Item 78957
Sargeant Drive, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
… contributed by Surry Historical Society The Surry Village School opened on December 19, 1872. Herbert Tilden of Lewiston was the first teacher.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
… those to whom we must now look for the proper improvement of the advantages offered our citizens by the extension of the railroad to this village.
