Keywords: Home Economics Cottage
Item 70431
Home economics cottage, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1940 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 69692
Home Economics class with nurse, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1930 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
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
Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867
"James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The James Emery home in…"
