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Keywords: WAVES

Historical Items

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Item 101514

Waves at Fortune's Rocks, Biddeford, ca. 1915

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative

Item 148250

Breakers, Cape Elizabeth Shore, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-02 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Item 42018

'Rippling Waves Waltz,' 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 99036

Assessor's Record, 1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement

Item 83605

Orr property, N. Side Sunset Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Friederich G. Orr Use: Dwelling

Online Exhibits

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Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"More Permanent Settlers Arrive Two major waves of settlers arrived after 1768 – the first from Gloucester, Massachusetts in addition to James…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… and Elmer went on the excursion on Fairy of the Wave, a vessel Hugh Ross had built with a dance floor on each deck."

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Society Mellie Dunham playing 'Rippling Waves,' 1926 Listen to Mellie Dunham playing Ripping Waves WaltzNorway Historical Society…"

My Maine Stories

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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

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Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley

Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.

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Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation