History
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.
Turn-of-the-Century Launching
Christening a four-masted schooner in 1918
Daniel Low: Eastport’s Ingenious Architect
During Maine’s first decade of statehood, many towns had their own architect-builders who combined building practices with a knowledge of published builders’ guides.
The Inheritance Class Cutter
Based on an early ship model, the Inheritance Class cutter was a classy daysailer
The Farwell Project
A former general store and grain mill are at the center of an effort to revitalize a small town
The Hinckley Company’s War Boat Production
While the Hinckley name today is synonymous with luxurious pleasure boats, back in the 1940s, the Maine boatbuilder produced a series of working boats for the war effort.
Joseph Ranco
Joseph Ranco: A Maine master canoe builder and early designer at Indian Old Town Canoe Co.
The Point
The story of a Rockland community and its days as a bustling neighborhood.
