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Historical Items

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Item 108641

Ice cream parlors at Five Islands, Georgetown, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 9751

Ice Cream Parlor, Springvale, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 12225

Strout House and Ice Cream Parlor, South Harpswell, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1921 Location: Harpswell Media: Photograph, print

Tax Records

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Item 89254

Cobb property, Cliff Island Road, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jennie F. Cobb Use: Grocery Store & Ice Cream Parlor & Dwelling

Item 75930

469 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Getrude M. Sullivan Use: Store - Ice Cream Parlor

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

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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."

Site Pages

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK meetings were held there."

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… fancy seats, a small concession stand, an ice cream parlor, and a pool room. The new movie theater had three owners to start with; Alfred Clay…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… ice cream spoons that came with Dixie ice cream cups, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, candy sticks, coffee stirrers, Q-tip sticks, and so on…"