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Lost History

Overlooked stories and forgotten places from Maine’s past, brought back into view through historical records.

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AI-colorized interpretation of Lewis Hine’s photograph of five-year-old Preston, barefoot against an Eastport cannery wall, holding a sardine carton, August 1911Eight Years Old, With a Butcher Knife: Lewis Hine in Eastport’s Sardine Canneries, 19119 min readBlack-and-white postcard photo of the white steamer Camden, with two black funnels and flags strung between her masts, passengers lining the rails.When the Boston Boat Stopped for Winter: The 1926 Steamer Rumor6 min readPostcard of the railroad station in Belfast, Maine, in 1908, with a locomotive at the platform, horse-drawn wagons and the town on the hill behindThe Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad: The City-Owned Line That Never Reached the Lake7 min read
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Trolley car number 14, signed Rockport and Camden, stopped in the snow beside a small waiting station in Warren, MaineCamden’s Trolley: The Town Voted No, Then Rode It for 39 Years6 min read
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