Penobscot Marine Museum

Ice Time in Rockport
An old-fashioned ice harvest

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

Picture Perfect Summer Time Haven
A newly compiled photo collection at the Penobscot Marine Museum captures a turn-of-the-century retreat in Brooklin

Marm and Pa on a “Trailer”
The land portion of a 1973 boat launch

Turn-of-the-Century Launching
Christening a four-masted schooner in 1918

Letters to the Editor 185
Day beacons, a rare Ranco canoe, and Blondie Hasler

Mid-century Views of Vinalhaven
Photographer Eliot Elisofon is known for images shot in exotic locales, but his favorite subject was Vinalhaven.

Lobster women, a sardine carrier, and a very old canoe
Lobster women, a sardine carrier, and a very old canoe

Boat Launches Back in the Day
The 1903 launch of the four-masted schooner Pendleton Brothers.

Searsport
Learn about the state’s maritime past at Penobscot Marine Museum, and then go antiquing in Searsport.