Keywords: Curtis Island
Item 66416
Negro Light, Curtis Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Camden Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 17462
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Camden Media: Postcard
Item 89263
Curtis property, S. Side Central Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Adelaide Curtis Use: Dwelling
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement
"Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of a 50 foot square Savage family plot under a deed of trust recorded…"
Site Page
"Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of Northeast Harbor, built three houses by the time of his death, and forged a close…"
Story
Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
