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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… sanitation supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast Mission. Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… form of transportation was supplied by the Maine Seacoast Mission, an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"… Pleasures cont'd Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca. 1940sSwan's Island Historical Society These village stores carried just about anything needed: canned…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… No photograph has turned up of one of the Seacoast Packing or Seacoast Canning Co. plants specifically identified as such when the syndicate was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were held there. In the village of Atlantic, during the 1970’s, Mertic Morrison would have music…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… Society Swan Islander’s would gather in Swan’s Village to participate in 4th of July celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s firsts have been overlooked in the era of women’s rights and not recorded…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"One is in Swan’s Island Village called Mallye’s Pond. It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office building."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… was located at 241 Harbor Road in Swan's Island village. What was left of it eventually became the summer home of Eric and Fran Chetwynd."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The latter was also divided into the North and Harbor village. These distinct areas historically had their own schools, stores, and post offices, so…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village. From the waterfront, the hall stood out tall against the horizon, as can be seen from…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Seaside Hall's location on the shore proved to be…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… and making travel between the separate island villages easier. One by one, the post masters who had run offices out of their homes retired, and a…"

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

"… mostly on the shores of Minturn and Swan’s Island Village. Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that baited trawlers coming into…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Clyde lived in Atlantic, one of three villages in Swan’s Island, and was well known for playing his accordion and singing when people got together."