Keywords: boom bag
Item 23069
Towboat and boom bag, Ambajejus, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print
Item 23070
Two boom bags, Ambajejus, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1955 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Among the carrier bag were sixteen silver dollars. It is said that the body is buried in the cemetery in South Winn, but the grave is unmarked.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
