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Added December 13, 2024

Bible School class in Northeast Harbor, 1980

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 13, 2024

"Sunbeam IV" at the town dock in Northeast Harbor, 1979

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 13, 2024

Children at Bible School, Mount Desert, 1980

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 13, 2024

Mission Staff at the Ocean Point Chapel, Boothbay, 1979

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 13, 2024

Michael Johnson and young Peter Benson, Matinicus Isle, 2003

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 13, 2024

Engineer Michael Johnson launching the skiff, Matinicus Isle, 2003

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 12, 2024

U.S. Naval activity in Casco Bay, Portland, 1944

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

Added December 12, 2024

U.S. Naval Frontier Base loading dock, Portland, 1944

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Maine Historical Society

Added December 12, 2024

A group of young adults at a formal event,  Portland, 1937

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Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media

Added December 12, 2024

Engineer Michael Johnson helping child aboard the "Sunbeam V," Matinicus Isle, 2003

Item Contributed by
Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 12, 2024

"Sunbeam V" Engineer Michael Johnson, Matinicus Isle, 2003

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Maine Seacoast Mission

Added December 12, 2024

U.S. Naval Frontier Base activity, Portland, ca. 1944

Item Contributed by
Maine Historical Society

New My Maine Stories

His First Television Set in the 1950s
by Murray A. Bolduc

Murray A. Bolduc talked about his first TV set in the 1950s

Aimé Muyombano, Phd - From adversity to community service
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Fleeing atrocities in Africa, Professor Muyombano dedicates himself to a life of community service

Stripped Of More Than Clothing
by Dan Adams

Juvenile strip searches while incarcerated.

The Year We Had Two Thanksgiving Days
by John Brooks Howard

The story is about a 1939 trip to Grand Lake Stream and Thanksgiving with Geo W MacArthur and family

New Exhibits

VegFest poster, Portland, 2012

Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.

"Thanks for the Lobster" sheet music cover, Boston, 1912

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.

Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

North Atlantic Appalachian Domain map, 2007

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.