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Historical Items

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Item 18171

Sebago Boat, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sebago Media: Elm and cedar shakes

Item 102241

Picking mussels, Westport Island, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Wagner-Higgins Family through Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1912 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 40309

Camouflaged ships, Casco Bay, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918 Media: Watercolor on paper

Online Exhibits

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Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.

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Designing Acadia

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.

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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?

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Carl Rowe seining in a weir, Swan's Island ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society From 1874 until 1889 Swan’s Island fishing boats took first or…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Three men rowed out to the Thomas and were able to get a line onto the ship and safely rescue the crew."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… & Museum The first King’s Highway had two rows of cartwheel ruts with a footpath in the middle."