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Item 60538

Bay View Street, Lubec, ca. 1905, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 31099

Balloon view of Saco Bay, including Biddeford Pool, ca. 1880

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Biddeford; Saco; Old Orchard Beach; Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

Item 19094

Bay Drive in Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151475

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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."

Exhibit

Instructors building, Little Chebeague Island, 1947

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Exhibit

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all…"

Site Page

Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were not about to spend energy…"