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Item 82101

Wreck of the Schooner Equater, Biddeford, ca. 1957

Wreck of the Schooner Equater, Biddeford, ca. 1957

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1957 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 10673

Ship Reuce, Kennebunk, 1881

Ship Reuce, Kennebunk, 1881

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1881 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print

Item 29339

Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

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.

Exhibit

Wreck of the Annie C. Maguire, December 24, 1886

Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

Exhibit

Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Site Pages

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Wreck of the Sagamore, Scarborough, 1934

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

"Wreck of the "Washington B. Thomas," Scarborough, ca. 1903Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Thomas was en route from Norfolk to Portland…"

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Pine Point Boatyard, Scarborough, 1928

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… a three-masted bark named Horace that was wrecked on Kennebunk Beach in 1838; and the Watchman, which sank fifty miles offshore with a cargo of…"

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Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The wreck was that of the Chelsea-built whaler.” The ships managing owner was Job Pierce, and the captain was John Johnson."