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Sale at Auction on account of T.G. Thornton
Maine Historical Society, Text

Auction records of items sold which were aboard the Brig the Boxer and the sale of the Brig itself.

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Auctions
Boxer (Sailing ship)
Fletcher, Timothy
Manuscripts
McLellan, Stephen
Thornton, T. G.

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Interview with Stillman Griffin
Maine Folklife Center, Sound

Selection from an interview with Stillman Griffin about lobster fishing. In this selection, Griffin describes building his traps, getting the heads knitted, advantages of nylon rope for trap heads, and reasons for using square traps instead of round ones.

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Fishing/Fisherman
Lobster fishers
Lobster traps

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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.

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Biomechanics
Sports -- Physiological aspects
Human mechanics
Human locomotion

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Short lobsters letter
Maine State Archives, Text

10 page letter concerning the effort to stop the shipping of illegal, short lobsters out of state.

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Fisheries
Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation
Geography: transportation, waterways, maritime, shipbuilding, fishing
Lobsters, Short
Ecology/Energy
Fishing/Fisherman

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Oak hull of the trawler Amagansett, 1912
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Keel-level view of the trawler Amagansett as her sturdy oak frame begins to take shape in 1912 in a Rockland boatyard. She was built for the C.A. Stickler & Brothers company. This is part of the Portland Company collection including the years 1850-1920, an engineering firm and foundry in Portland, Maine. The collection includes engineering plans of locomotives, fire engines, marine engines, and other items manufactured by the company, photos, specification books, account books, printing plates and other memorabilia.

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Amagansett (Ship) -- Photographs
C.A. Stickler & Brothers
Portland Company (Portland, Me.)
Shipbuilding -- Maine -- Rockland
Ships

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Power Lines
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:46



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Hydroelectric power plants
Rivers
Water Power

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Interview with Clarence Harding
Maine Folklife Center, Sound

Selection from an interview with Clarence Harding, a lobster fisherman from the Mount Desert Island area. In the selection, Harding talks about the daily schedule of lobstering, the hard work necessary to succeed, and changes in type of bait used.

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Baitfish
Fishing/Fisherman
Lobster fishers
Quality of work life

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Naturalist Films Tape 2
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:48:43

Second of 3 videotapes containing footage originally shot on 16mm film. Features footage of wildflowers at Acadia National Park and coastal views. Footage includes Thunder Hole, sailing vessels, and Indian Crafts: Canoe making, Basket making, and Snowshoe making. Also winter sports scenes: ice skating, ice fishing, commercial cutting of ice blocks.

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Handicraft
Outdoor Life
Sea Birds
Fishing/Fisherman
Maritime/Waterfront
Recreation/Tourism

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Naturalist Films Tape 3
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image, 00:35:55

Third of 3 videotapes containing footage originally shot on 16mm film. Features footage of humming birds and eggs on forest floor, other hatched chicks, bird feeding chicks in nest, and many shots of different types of nesting birds. Tour of Acadia National Park with Ranger and scenes of the coast. Also includes footage of Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin with mountaintops covered in clouds, and hikers.

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Handicraft
Outdoor Life
Sea Birds
Fishing/Fisherman
Maritime/Waterfront
Recreation/Tourism

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Fishing for the Future
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image

Documentary on the fishing conditions in the Gulf of Maine, featuring interviews with lobstermen and ground fishermen. They discuss conservation issues and the need for local fishermen to play a role in federal fisheries management decisions.

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Fishing/Fisherman
Fishing resources
Fisheries

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