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Keywords: fishing craft

Historical Items

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Item 23594

Schooner Abana, Biddeford Pool Gut, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 7650

Herring fishing fleet of Quoddy, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Quoddy Media: Photoprint

Item 23485

Fish spear, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood, steel

Online Exhibits

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Library Due to increases in retail activity, fishing and fish processing employment opportunities, shipping and farming, Lubec’s population grew…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"These crafts still flourish on the island, and are sold at various outlets, most importantly and successfully at the highly popular Arts and Craft…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Can closes in Lubec • Movie theater burns • Lubec Crafts Council incorporated 1975 • McCurdy Smokehouse is the only remaining business of its kind…"