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Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

Memories of Early Schooner Days

A schooner hand recalls his years on the water

Early Photos Tell the Gritty Story of Maine’s Granite Industry

Early photos tell the gritty story of Maine’s granite industry

Edward Robinson’s Pictorial Legacy

Early photographs of Monhegan capture a vanishing way of life.

George Hathaway

Portland’s prolific marine artist, George Hathaway, got his start painting furniture.

Governor Baxter and the Making of a Historian

Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth explains how early encounters with Gov. Percival Baxter inspired his career.

Henry Peabody

Henry Peabody took Maine lighthouse photography to a new level.

Preserved In Stone

During Maine’s great age of sail, several prominent mariners were immortalized in larger-than-life stone sculptures. Today these impressive monuments are poignant reminders of people who helped to shape the state’s maritime economy.