Maine Memory Network

Bunker and Ellis Rambler, Mount Desert, 1952

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: 1952 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print

Home of the tropical fish, Lewiston, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1975 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"There are also an aquarium, mounted birds and animals, and interactive exhibits. Today the Scarborough Marsh is a classroom for school children, a…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… urchin, scallop, lobster fisheries • New England Aquarium establishes Bay of Fundy Right Whale Research Field Station in Lubec Water Street…"