Keywords: Motels
Item 71738
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Saco Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 29348
Danish Village, Scarborough, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Scarborough; Ribe Media: Photographic print
Item 109306
Russell Motel drawings, Bangor, 1971-1973
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971–1973 Location: Bangor Client: Russell Motel Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109308
Russell Motel drawings, Bangor, 1971-1973
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971–1973 Location: Bangor Client: Russell Motel Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
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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."
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Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire
"… of the old, though this time they were hotels and motels and small inns, built in time to ride a wave of economic prosperity and the rise of the…"
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"… spent nine days trying to run the Suburban Pines Motel in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest was using a candle…"