Keywords: White Star Line
Item 20344
Germanic, White Star Line, ca. 1885
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print
Item 25731
Main Street, Fairfield, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Fairfield Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991
"Note the white lines and numbers that were added to an earlier test scheme. Pictured with engine 94 is young rail enthusiast, Frederick Asam."
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
The Wall
by Michael Uhl
What it means to have beaten the odds
