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Historical Items

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Item 13636

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse front door

Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: circa 1935 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 16501

Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, 1994

Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1994 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 16423

Postcard Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford c 1902

Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1902 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109309

Gary Merrill lighthouse renovation, Cape Elizabeth, 1968-1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968–1975 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Gary Merrill Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 116273

Hancock Point Chapel, Hancock, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Hancock Client: Hancock Point Chapel Society Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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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Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

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From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Living at the Lighthouse Not an easy life those early days, roadless dense forest isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population…"

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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My Maine Stories

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Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER

A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I

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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference