Maine Memory Network

Frenchman's Bay from Cadillac Mountain, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Media: Postcard

Sunset, Frenchman's Bay, Bar Harbor ca. 1910

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1910 Location: Bar Harbor; Seal Harbor Media: Postcard

Colket residence, Bar Harbor, 1968-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968–1994 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Tristram Colket Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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.

Abbe Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… beads and bone flutes found by archaeologists on Frenchman Bay. They also had, and continue to have, a rich oral tradition that explained the world…"