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Moving Image		The Nation's Playground MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 With its remarkable coastline, deep-green forest, and rolling landscape, Maine has been a favorite place for visitors for over a century. During the late 1800s, trains and steamboats brought visitors to every corner of the state. Over the last century, tourism has grown into Maine’s largest industry. (Relevance: 3943) Find Similar Resources	Recreation/Tourism Tourism -- Maine -- History

Moving Image		A Place Apart MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today. (Relevance: 3415) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		Power Lines MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:46 (Relevance: 3412) Find Similar Resources	Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

Still Image		Quarrying tugboat, Deer Isle, Maine Maine Historical Society, Still Image This tug helps a sailing vessel along in the granite quarrying industry in Maine. Though marked 'Deer Isle' on the photograph, this photograph was actually taken from Stonington, Maine looking at the Goss Quarry on Crotch Island. (Relevance: 3120) Find Similar Resources	Crotch Island (Me.) -- Photographs Goss Quarry (Stonington, Me.) -- Photographs Granite quarries Islands -- Maine Quarries -- Maine -- Crotch Island Quarries -- Maine -- Deer Isle Sailing ships Tugboats -- Maine -- Deer Isle

Moving Image		They Came By Sea MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 Europeans arrived here by sea, attracted by the region's phenomenal fisheries and the natural resources visible on the coast. At first, they weren't interested in establishing permanent settlements but, as an appreciation for the economic value of Maine's natural resources grew, colonial settlement began. Today, Maine continues to rely on the economic advantages available through the natural resources of the coast. (Relevance: 3072) Find Similar Resources	Fishing/Fisherman History - Colonial Period

Still Image		The bark the 'A.C. Maguire' broken up at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine Maine Historical Society, Still Image The Annie C. Maguire crashed against the rocks beside the Portland Head Light off Cape Elizabeth, Maine on December 24, 1886. (Relevance: 2855) Find Similar Resources	Annie C. Maguire (Ship) Lighthouses -- Maine -- Cape Elizabeth -- Photographs Marine accidents -- Maine -- Cape Elizabeth Portland Head Light (Me.) -- Photographs Ships -- Maine -- Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks -- Maine -- Cape Elizabeth Storms -- Maine -- Cape Elizabeth

Moving Image		Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36 Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail. (Relevance: 2494) Find Similar Resources	Biomechanics Sports -- Physiological aspects Human mechanics Human locomotion

Still Image		Granite industry, Deer Isle, Maine Maine Historical Society, Still Image These railroad tracks are part of the transportation system used by quarries to move stone from quarry to shipboard. This granite quarry on Deer Isle shipped granite to large building projects in the urban centers south of Maine. (Relevance: 2242) Find Similar Resources	Granite industry and trade -- Maine -- Deer Isle Quarries and quarrying -- Maine -- Deer Isle Railroads -- Maine -- Deer Isle Rock excavation Ryan-Parker Construction Co. (Deer Isle, Me.) -- Photographs Stone industry and trade

Text		Entries from the log book of the Schooner Emerald, 1859 Maine Historical Society, Text Captain Parsons, of Biddeford, Maine, kept this journal recording the 1859 fishing season for the schooner Emerald. The Emerald sailed out of Wood Island Harbor in Biddeford, fishing for cod and other groundfish. The journal details the day-to-day activiities of the vessel, including the landing and dressing of fish, the need to repair nets and gear, and sightings of sharks and whales. (Relevance: 2155) Find Similar Resources	Emerald (Ship) Log books -- 19th century -- United States -- Maine Log Books -- Maine Manuscripts Parsons Schooners Ships logs

Moving Image		Bioinvasion MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 As human activity silently globalizes our world, our modern day ecology is under onslaught from spreading alien organisms. These plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. Can scientists help us win the war against this bio-invasion? (Relevance: 2101) Find Similar Resources	Invasive species Ecology

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