https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/island-grocers-delivered-food-and-kindness-right-to-your-door monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/190080ee-f4cc-4e74-bca8-77861e557209/files.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out Advertising postcard for Harry W. Files’ grocery store, January 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/99f0ad23-c053-4b53-bd67-f87810ef79af/Feeneys+1978.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out Feeney’s Market on Seashore Avenue with John Feeney Jr., John Feeney Sr., and Reta Morrill, Winter 1978. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/b191ae73-448d-41de-8382-edf08bfc82f4/richardsons.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out Richardson’s Store on Island Avenue, circa 1930. Kids remember buying candy here after school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/f5bf6d2a-12d8-4ae9-b6d0-e2ea25b691d1/blackmanletterhead.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out Charles and Harriet Blackman owned and operated Blackman Farm and supplied produce to island residents and businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/c8d11075-0745-40fe-8866-bf8e733379ae/JensensEvening_Express_1927_08_19_11.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out Advertisement for A.W. Jensen, Peaks Island grocer, 1927. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/a883e694-5bb9-417f-8ae7-ad33b5c076e5/harborvue+shop.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Grocers Delivered Food - and Kindness - Right to Your Door - Make it stand out The Harborvue Shop was open everyday in the summer and sold a little bit of everything. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/igabl7ee9c8715kmhms2bfirgb3vkm monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8b80737e-967e-4979-9f8d-e53b5548bb2b/Screenshot+2025-02-11+at+12.36.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Curator's Corner Blog - A Docent’s Journey - Stained glass window in the Memorial Hall of the Fifth Maine Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/bb07d362-1847-4a3e-bb11-ccd191a06506/Screen-Shot-2022-11-02-at-1.30.12-PM-719x800.png Curator's Corner Blog - A Docent’s Journey - Sample of the list of towns where Fifth Maine Regiment soldiers resided when they enlisted in the regiment, created by Rich Bicknell, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/5fad255a-a21a-4cf0-b49b-99b02ffb3b44/Screenshot+2025-02-11+at+12.55.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Curator's Corner Blog - A Docent’s Journey - Memorial window for Henry Goddard Thomas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/774e99de-cd16-4d50-a21e-53c91f12bf1f/Screenshot+2025-02-11+at+12.56.38%E2%80%AFPM.png Curator's Corner Blog - A Docent’s Journey - Make it stand out Joseph C. Paradis, 2nd Lieutenant in Fifth Maine Regiment CDV courtesy of Maine State Archives via Digital Maine Repository. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/ocean-zpw9z monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722211890544-U2L5DQ05T2V1PTHXPR8S/Peaks-Island-Times-Peaks-Island-Child-Development-Center-768x928.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - Make it stand out Cover of the Peaks Island Times, December 1978 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722212641352-X92S4G47COHXN6INMCHO/First-Kindergarten-Class-Peaks-Island-1948-1498x1200-1.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - “First Kindergarten Class Peaks Island,” 1948 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722212642819-5H4SFVWOQB00Z6LT8TU7/16255C8D-56BF-40B4-8083-7BF416EAD959.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - “Some of the girls at Peaks Island School,” 1925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722212929631-32G4A0ZDTIURMPYY0L07/F34A6F37-1A2A-4E2B-A88D-DC8A113D243F_1_201_a-1504x1536.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - Little boys on Centennial Beach, circa 1979 (Courtesy of Peaks Island Children’s Workshop) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722212931367-XDXG9YUFWBLHCIMC1USC/D1F348BD-CB8B-493D-8C71-EEEF740A8DB6_1_201_a-1014x1024.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - One of the first classes at the nascent Peaks Island Child Development Center, circa 1972 (Courtesy of Peaks Island Children’s Workshop) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1722212884628-CIFERYS1MK2L2F63L619/halloween2022-1024x768.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Child: Growing Up on Peaks Island - Third Annual Halloween Candy Throw Down at the Fifth Maine Museum, 2022 https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/harriet-trefethen-skillings-the-peaks-island-sewing-circle-amp-their-signature-quilts monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8553d295-8182-427f-8d82-d06fa4f565ab/Harriet-T-Skillings.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Harriet Trefethen Skillings, the Peaks Island Sewing Circle, & Their Signature Quilts - Harriet Trefethen Skillings was president of the Sewing Circle when the quilts were made, and the parsonage project completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/66e81e57-f3ce-422c-89ac-59740b1c6982/quilt.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Harriet Trefethen Skillings, the Peaks Island Sewing Circle, & Their Signature Quilts - The signature quilt made by the Peaks Island Sewing Circle in 1875. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/41bc9729-0353-43a0-ba6f-40e79cd7e422/quiltdetail.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Harriet Trefethen Skillings, the Peaks Island Sewing Circle, & Their Signature Quilts - Detail of Louise A. Trefethen’s square on the signature quilt. Her name is stenciled, rather than written by hand. Louise was from Prince Edward Island, Canada, and her parents were born in Scotland and England. She married Charles Trefethen in 1859, and gave birth to six children, most born on House Island. The family moved to Peaks Island around 1871. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/strike-conflict-at-casco-bay-lines monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/21397de3-ff42-4955-a322-64b473b30922/CBL+Strike+headline.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Strike! Conflict at Casco Bay Lines - Headline from a Portland newspaper, July 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/d1c797b6-3718-465f-9e91-3ca1137d233b/CBL+strike+headline+2.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Strike! 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Conflict at Casco Bay Lines - First issue of the Island Citizen’s Association publication, Casco Bay Breeze, November 1973 https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/helen-keller-on-peaks-island monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/b6c5fd92-6e17-45a8-90f8-a7bc9e876ba2/Helen-Keller-Portland-Express-image-1913-569x1024.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Helen Keller on Peaks Island - “Helen Keller, famous deaf, dumb, and blind girl who can now enjoy violin music by placing her teeth against bridge of instrument and feeing strains.” — Portland Express, August 18, 1913 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/0b4628ed-b956-4d23-879d-baf00a5e2319/HelenKeller+1913+newspaper+image.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Helen Keller on Peaks Island - Helen Keller in a Boat by Shore, circa 1913. (courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1b92a362-02f3-4538-b0c6-bb744ed040fc/Portland_Sunday_Telegram_Helen_Keller_August_27_1916.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Helen Keller on Peaks Island - Portland Sunday Telegram, August 27, 1916 https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/a-master-and-a-task-for-life-maintaining-the-fifth-maine-regiment-memorial-hall monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/621dd757-53d4-411e-8452-f08e0766be1f/5th+ME+hall-circa-1888.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - A Master and a Task for Life: Maintaining the Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall - The Fifth Maine Regiment building shortly after its construction in 1888. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/peaks-island-in-the-1700s monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/56d986d8-370e-4297-a44a-c447acf6f35d/Portland+burnt-by-Mowatt-map.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - Peaks Island in the 1700s - Map showing the area of Falmouth Neck (present day Portland) burnt by British Capt. 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The Bloodhound, Spot, in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/762d34ad-0a0c-4b7d-b299-4d2db2522bb9/Swamp-with-prisoners-digging-for-roots.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - “Hell Upon Earth”: The Andersonville Prison Lithograph - “Swamp, with Prisoners digging for roots” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/c409e241-7c86-49f1-953d-435b0426e663/The-cemetery-880x299.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - “Hell Upon Earth”: The Andersonville Prison Lithograph - The Cemetery. Mode of Carrying and Burying the Dead. Graves of the Raiders who were hung in the distance. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/plots-plats-and-surveys-mapping-peaks-island monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/d24f0103-756f-476f-9ded-d1ca683bdc83/Peaks+Island+map.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - Map, Exploring Peaks Island, circa 1980. This ephemeral map was intended for tourists and day trippers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/b3dfb666-0cad-4bb3-8a3e-8c3254b47f40/Part+of+Peaks+Island+from+1905+map.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - Survey detail, “Part of Peaks Island,” circa 1905, showing part of the back shore of Peaks Island, including the various coves, and the high and low water marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/515b2efa-fd97-4634-a5e4-6194ced54910/survey+detail+from+1905+map.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - Survey detail, “Part of Peaks Island,” circa 1905, showing what is now the Fifth Maine Museum on what was then called “Oceanside Avenue.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2d6167eb-d875-4341-9054-b1da0b8a69cf/survey+detail+2+from+1905+map.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - Survey detail, “Part of Peaks Island,” circa 1905, showing the precise location of the merry-go-round, moving picture cinema, and the bowling alley at Greenwood Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/9c48b536-1d84-43ea-a344-011887552b1d/Title+Block+of+Map+of+Peaks+Island+Military+Reservation.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - Title block detail, “Real Estate Peak’s Island Military Reservation,” 1946-1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/84148622-f9e9-48a2-b126-12428db7da28/Land+taken+by+eminent+domain+on+Peaks+Island+during+World+War+2.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Plots, Plats, and Surveys: Mapping Peaks Island - “Acquisition Tract Register” detail from the map, “Real Estate Peak’s Island Military Reservation,” 1946-1955. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/very-punny-peaks-island-house-names monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/04b8d273-4d52-4c2f-ae80-cc9bd9ea92be/Peaks-Island-directory-1927-28.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Very Punny: Peaks Island House Names - A sample of cottage names from The Casco Bay Directory 1927-28, page 88. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/49b90635-4a46-47e1-9873-7cd1020f322b/Casco+Bay+directory+1931.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Very Punny: Peaks Island House Names - Cottage names were listed first in The Casco Bay Directory 1930-31. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/785fda77-57e9-41ab-a337-5b2c2ccf24e4/Peaks-Island-directory-1930-31.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Very Punny: Peaks Island House Names - A sample of cottage names from The Casco Bay Directory 1930-31, page 264. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/eb828053-8437-49b8-8bd1-69814c2943f0/poster-of-cottage-names+by+Liz+Rollins.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Very Punny: Peaks Island House Names - This Peaks Island cottage name poster created by Liz Rollins demonstrates that naming cottages is still a popular past time! https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/exploring-independence-a-brief-history-of-peaks-secession-movements monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/6fc9283d-4e04-4bfc-a4a0-71bd631ac619/succession+posters.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Exploring Independence: A Brief History of Peaks Secession Movements - A sample from the Peaks Island Secession Collection at the Fifth Maine Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/54f13847-c509-4031-924b-2aa57ed15a1a/Portland+Daily+Press-jan-8-1883.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Exploring Independence: A Brief History of Peaks Secession Movements - News item from the Portland Daily Press January 8, 1883. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/944e896d-b524-42e6-af9a-52553b087097/Screenshot+2025-03-06+at+1.11.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Curator's Corner Blog - Exploring Independence: A Brief History of Peaks Secession Movements - Make it stand out Pro-succession button, circa 2007 Pro-union button, circa 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/0091024d-25ab-44c3-b0d3-8613fe01b3ed/Boston+Globe+headline+about+Peaks+Island+succesion.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Exploring Independence: A Brief History of Peaks Secession Movements - Boston Globe headline, September 29, 1991. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/the-brick-school-the-heart-of-peaks-island monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/f670b73d-df38-4411-8027-7f8bd4dc98af/Peaks+Island+School+girls+1925.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - The Brick School: The Heart of Peaks Island - Some of the girls at Peaks Island School circa 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/6916c14a-c615-4182-97f3-3e235ac06417/First-and-second-graders-circa-1939.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - The Brick School: The Heart of Peaks Island - First and second graders on the first day of school, 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2413e765-338f-46d0-8676-87e2f4f5ecbe/Peaks+Island+Grange-before-tear-down.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - The Brick School: The Heart of Peaks Island - In 1832, the first Peaks Island School was built. It had many other uses over the years before it was condemned and torn down in 1959. (Portland Evening Express, October 1959). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/453a6801-dbdb-4c01-bfd8-c1fbca269986/Peaks-Island-Elementary-School-expansion-circa-1958.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - The Brick School: The Heart of Peaks Island - Peaks Island Elementary School expansion, circa 1958 (Courtesy of Dave Nowers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/63d4f942-6cdd-4f51-8745-dddc3fad8b6e/Peaks-Island-school-expansion-circa-1958+2.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - The Brick School: The Heart of Peaks Island - Peaks Island Elementary School expansion, circa 1958 (Courtesy of Dave Nowers). https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/happy-200th-birthday-maine monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8553b43e-a575-4259-aa94-d5a38d313968/Maine+Centennial+Program.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Happy 200th Birthday Maine! - The Official Program of the ten day Maine Centennial celebration, 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/9552891e-f523-4ada-acc8-70857f9b7dc1/Maine+Centennial+Program+events.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Happy 200th Birthday Maine! - A sample of the events held during the Centennial in 1920, including parades with different themes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/472b7ab2-44c1-49e2-a608-70a21cf51904/Maine-Centennial-Parade.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Happy 200th Birthday Maine! - One of the many parades held during the Centennial Celebration. This is likely the Military and Naval Parade held on July 5, 1920. Bands from the Second Band Coast Artillery, British Calcutta, Japanese Kasuga, Portuguese San Gabriel, and the band from the U.S.S. Utah participated in the parade, as well as the band from the Third Maine Infantry Regiment. (Collections of Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media, courtesy of MaineMemory.net, item #40470) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/f3289185-aedb-4f83-869c-0ca21431a8e6/Maine-Centennial-Parade-Participant.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Happy 200th Birthday Maine! - A participant in the “Parade of Antiques and Horribles.” This woman carries a pennant, produced by the Women’s Political Union, proclaiming “Votes for Women.” (Collections of Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media, courtesy of MaineMemory.net, item #31527) https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/civil-war-reunions-seeing-the-elephant-and-the-complexities-of-reconciliation monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/59251f1d-8222-4d33-bbc8-ae4078b41cad/National+Tribune+excerpt+Fifth+Maine+Reunion+1885.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Civil War Reunions, “Seeing the Elephant,” and the Complexities of Reconciliation - Excerpt from The National Tribune, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1885. The Fifth Maine held reunions on Peaks Island even before they built the Memorial Hall in 1888. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/cdbe660d-a04b-4e89-b80d-583162cf8b35/Fifth+Maine+-1890-reunion.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Civil War Reunions, “Seeing the Elephant,” and the Complexities of Reconciliation - Veterans of the Fifth Maine Civil War Regiment pose for a picture at their reunion in 1890. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8d7b4279-78a6-4cf3-a096-28e227d116aa/5th+Maine+1912+reunion.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Civil War Reunions, “Seeing the Elephant,” and the Complexities of Reconciliation - Veterans of the Fifth Maine Regiment pose with their families at their 1912 reunion. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/fireand-water monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/76aac9e8-d42b-41a2-a17f-c65440507795/Peaks+Island+Fire+Station+1913.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Peaks Island Fire Station with horse-drawn engine, 1913. (Courtesy of the Portland, Maine Fire Department) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/a51229ae-c9b6-4891-b14b-1f5c0935ec3c/Gem+Fire+1934.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Gem Theater fire, 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/cff9e0a2-bd9a-413c-9770-4be36ac1c893/Start-of-the-big-fire.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Postcard, “Start of the Big Fire, June, 1936. (Courtesy of Susan Hanley) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/de6e95e9-2411-420b-932f-cca8541df70c/Article+about+June+1936+fire.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Aftermath of the 1936 fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2d18125c-9798-48b3-acf6-7c4eba7b7192/Oceanic+house+fire+1949.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Oceanic Hotel fire, 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1880701b-1fab-4bb4-81de-477b265abfbe/Aerial+view+of+1957+Peaks+Island+Military+Reservation+fire.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Fire…and Water - Aerial view of the Peaks Island Military Reservation fire, 1957. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/good-women-noble-women-the-national-association-of-army-nurses-of-the-civil-war monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/76cacbff-791a-4faa-9fab-af99deb0fbdc/National+Association+of+Nurses+Engraving+on+letterhead.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - Engraving on the Association’s letterhead, 1899. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/6f8a0f14-1a72-445d-927e-928162f85df5/Elmira+Spencer+Army+Nurse.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - Mrs. Elmira Spencer, injured by a bullet during the War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/5b1b3a66-84da-4d15-a9a4-c693751e6a52/Elmira+Spencer+excerpt+from+.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - Excerpt from In honor of the National Association of Civil War Army Nurses, published in 1910 for the 44th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/18c4e735-a35a-4b50-9f75-a9c904f2150f/Letter+supporting+pensions+for+Army+Nurses.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - Letter in support for pensions for nurses, 1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/fa15a3d4-e583-4792-be8f-17652bea29a1/In+Honor+of+Army+Nurses+frontispiece.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - The book In Honor of the National Association of Civil War Army Nurses was published in 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/b37d7383-3afc-41de-8a37-878d7264f236/A+Vast+Army+of+Women+book+cover.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Good Women, Noble Women: The National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/island-hopping-the-interconnected-families-of-monhegan-house-and-peaks-islands monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/4f74c6dc-48bb-4459-aae6-15ca682f611c/Henry+Trefethen+Grave+Monhegan.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Hopping: The Interconnected Families of Monhegan, House, and Peaks Islands - Gravestone of Henry Trefethen (1767-1838) on Monhegan Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/ed98864d-cfbf-4f4c-b127-a933e5567f6e/THE+INFLUENCE+Trefethen+home+on+Monhegan.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Hopping: The Interconnected Families of Monhegan, House, and Peaks Islands - The Influence, Monhegan Island home built by Henry Trefethen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/f1e7fe82-6a75-4a4c-955e-3e36809aa95c/House+Island+1895.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Hopping: The Interconnected Families of Monhegan, House, and Peaks Islands - House Island, circa 1895. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/86694eec-cda2-448b-a2d4-b42edbec43de/Shady+Road+Trefethen+Maine+1890.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Hopping: The Interconnected Families of Monhegan, House, and Peaks Islands - Shady Road, Trefethen, Maine 1890. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1cf5bbb9-390a-4f91-b746-2764765bcf4d/Jessie-Trefethen-and-her-mother.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Island Hopping: The Interconnected Families of Monhegan, House, and Peaks Islands - Jessie Trefethen (1883-1978) and her mother Elizabeth Mank Trefethen (1847-1943) on the steps of the Trefethen Homestead on Peaks Island, circa 1940. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/seaside-garden-what-seaside-garden monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/63393524-a732-4c99-ba96-e0940111ef36/Seaside-Garden-in-March-2020.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Seaside Garden in March 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/c78db261-a325-4206-8061-485552e3e97a/View-of-back-of-fifth-by-Elisabeth-McIntee-1024x680.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Seaside Garden in summer 2018, photo taken by Elisabeth McIntee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/e3804b65-d153-4c0c-8462-7065295f9b44/Site-Plan-for-the-Seaside-Garden-undated-circa-2000-1024x576.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Site Plan for the Seaside Garden, undated, circa 2000? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/33a45c5e-93d8-43a8-adf2-954510ad01ee/Detail-from-Site-Plan-undated-circa-2000-577x1024.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Detail from the Site Plan for the Seaside Garden, undated, circa 2000? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2c0295c3-beb3-4e47-8eed-7b14d0368098/Plant-List-undated-circa-2000.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Plant List, undated, circa 2000? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/ea425ca4-68f9-45c0-8846-bcd9a9a2ccfa/Plaque-for-Peggy-Harmon-bench-circa-2010.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Plaque for Peggy Harmon bench, circa 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/1bd47784-a68e-40cf-a94e-d4f29c5284ae/Back+of+Fifth+Maine+Museum+building+in+autumn.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Seaside Garden? What Seaside Garden? - Seaside garden in fall, October 2018. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/what-a-view monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/3b90768a-f378-45e4-bbfd-d039147b8415/View+of+Eighth+Maine+from+the+Fifth+Maine+tower.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - View from the Fifth Maine tower, circa 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/5a5884ce-d270-4f29-a70c-f91f29e91593/Fifth+Maine+Museum+circa+1888.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - The Fifth Maine around the time the building opened in 1888. People are visible in the open-air observation deck at the top of the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/c64871ce-c1ff-4d95-a97c-668c4222fca5/The+Fifth+Maine+Regiment+building+with+tower+enclosed.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - The tower enclosed, circa 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/012e7e2a-87cf-4166-a8ce-4ea6d2d3962c/The+hatch+inside+the+tower+of+the+Fifth+Maine+building.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - The hatch inside the Fifth Maine tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2c841aa0-4208-47b9-bb56-e7ddeecd06d5/Interior+of+the+tower+of+the+Fifth+Maine+Museum.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - Interior of the Fifth Maine turret, circa 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8976bbfc-02de-471c-a775-828ccb4486c2/Original+decorative+bracket+inside+the+tower+of+the+Fifth+Maine+Museum.jpeg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - Original decorative bracket seen from inside the turret. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/24a667db-88c9-49f2-9eab-02c0e9b5720c/View-from-upstairs-porch+of+the+Fifth+Maine+Museum.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - What a view! - The view from upstairs porch, just outside the tower. Still spectacular!! https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/thomas-ward-and-the-fifth-maine-memorial-boulder monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/295afe78-c5ec-46f9-8470-52a3d50fd546/Memorial-boulder-decorated-for-fall-1024x517.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Thomas Ward and the Fifth Maine Memorial Boulder - Memorial Boulder decorated for fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/4ed12ff8-0309-41b3-b653-7e79484b400f/Fifth-Maine-veterans-by-the-Memorial-Boulder.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Thomas Ward and the Fifth Maine Memorial Boulder - Fifth Maine veterans by the Memorial Boulder, including Aaron Daggett, (second from left) and Clark Wayland (far right), circa 1915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/27a20ead-5549-4434-8575-3cdd466c7111/Verna-Hurley-and-friends+on+the+memorial+boulder.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Thomas Ward and the Fifth Maine Memorial Boulder - Verna Hurley (far right) and friends, circa 1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/6217db7a-37db-476f-9ee3-34ec23fc9c5c/Mrs-Wiliams+stands+beside+the+memorial+boulder.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Thomas Ward and the Fifth Maine Memorial Boulder - Portland Evening Express article, 1962. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/newspapers-and-scrapbooks-a-goldmine-of-peaks-island-history monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/eb2ce87c-5807-4b0b-b5be-bf1fe7c165db/Peaks+Parakeet.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Newspapers and Scrapbooks – A Goldmine of Peaks Island History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/69f164f0-01d1-42e6-81d6-4a4b76b7f252/Peaks-Island-Bowling-Leaders.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Newspapers and Scrapbooks – A Goldmine of Peaks Island History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/dfed7e76-99a6-4a54-92b8-e209c4839667/The-Island-Daily-1884.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Newspapers and Scrapbooks – A Goldmine of Peaks Island History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/cf1dff03-401a-42db-ad72-1ddeafdfd38f/New+Classroom+at+Peaks+Island+Elementary+School.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Newspapers and Scrapbooks – A Goldmine of Peaks Island History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/8e06acf4-c13e-4e17-b91d-23826fbd5837/Wilder+Brackett+and+Stubborn+Milkweed.jpg Curator's Corner Blog - Newspapers and Scrapbooks – A Goldmine of Peaks Island History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.fifthmainemuseum.org/initiatives/a-donation-to-the-fifth-maine-museum-collection monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/2c34fbbf-95e2-4a15-a45f-9976621eb84e/trefethen+desk+move.png Curator's Corner Blog - A donation to the Fifth Maine Museum Collection - The Trefethen desk makes its way into the Fifth Maine Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/c99bc138-c53f-4ba2-b79a-0eadac4035f8/trefethen+desk+team+of+movers.png Curator's Corner Blog - A donation to the Fifth Maine Museum Collection - Our excellent team of movers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a5b05bc2cf375a54d98e60/291a1688-c2d0-48cf-932d-1ba9269d6d66/Reta+Morrill+and+Charles+Blackman.png Curator's Corner Blog - A donation to the Fifth Maine Museum Collection - Donor Charles A. 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