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Historical Items

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Item 23088

West Branch 2, Ambajejus, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print

Item 8855

Launching of the yacht CORSAIR (IV) at Bath Iron Works, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1930-04-10 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Item 7468

Tramp steamer WINIFRED, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1898 Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Exhibit

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"A Shipwright's Tool was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."

My Maine Stories

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Story

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

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference