History
Mildred Burrage’s War
A Maine artist’s volunteer efforts and posters helped to make World War II shipbuilding work in South Portland safer for women laborers.
Campaigning 1913 Style: William Jennings Bryan
A political tour by automobile
A Stonington Sea Captain’s Legacy
Attic treasures provide a new glimpse into the life of a Stonington sea captain
When Lynn Lugged the Lobsters
A three-generation Long Island seafood company relied on what is believed to be the last Maine-built lobster smack and a pair of retired and refit naval vessels to deliver downeast lobsters to New Yorkers
A World War I Sailor’s Journal Documents the Armistice
A seaman’s journal tells of the day the fighting stopped, marking the end of World War I
Husking Corn, Farmington, Maine
A glimpse back at Maine's harvest season
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
