Maine Memory Network

Cottages at Higgins Beach, Scarborough, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Higgins Beach Grill or Buck's Restaurant, Scarborough, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The ledges and beaches are about seven miles toward the coastline from the bouys marking the shipping lanes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… Society, talks with students about the history of Higgins Beach and hosts a picnic lunch at The Breakers Scarborough MCHP team launches completed…"