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Item 55115

Schooner 'Bowdoin' navigating Strait of Belle Isle, 1947

Schooner 'Bowdoin' navigating Strait of Belle Isle, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947-08-08 Location: Strait of Belle Isle Media: Photo negative

Item 79589

An early bridge across "The Gut," South Bristol, ca. 1900

An early bridge across "The Gut," South Bristol, ca. 1900

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 79572

Lincoln School and Union Church, South Bristol, ca. 1915

Lincoln School and Union Church, South Bristol, ca. 1915

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

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Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

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

Tuna catch, South Bristol, ca. 1950

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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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.