History
Charles Sampson Carved a Legacy in Bath
Bath figurehead carver Charles Sampson’s work adorned a fleet of Maine-built ships that set to sea in the late 1800s.
Weaving the Past into the Future of Thomaston
Original weaving machinery from the 19th-century Knox Woolen Mill in Camden today produces high-tech gear just down the road in Thomaston.
A tragic end for the hard-working sardine carrier Jacob Pike
January 2024 sinking of historic vessel
Mary King Longfellow paints Monhegan
The niece of famed American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an early if not the first female artist to paint this island off the Maine coast
Picture Perfect Summer Time Haven
A newly compiled photo collection at the Penobscot Marine Museum captures a turn-of-the-century retreat in Brooklin
Camp Wyonegonic, Denmark
A summer camp flotilla from the 1930s
Women, Sports, and the North Woods Camps
As the allure of the Great Outdoors grew in prominence in the late 1800s, Maine’s sport camps and guides sprang up to cater to the new notion of vacationing.
Youthful Adventures in Maine Antiquing
Ten cents here, a few dollars there, Maine’s State Historian began to amass his collections as a boy, one antique shop at a time.
Marm and Pa on a “Trailer”
The land portion of a 1973 boat launch
Memories of Freeport
Maine’s historian frames the evolution of Freeport from a factory town to a tourist mecca through his own family’s experiences.
