Keywords: Ocean Park Memorial Library (Ocean Park, Me.)
Item 25394
Porter Memorial Hall, Ocean Park, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Ocean Park Media: Photographic print
Item 69882
Memorial Library, Ocean Park, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise
"… could purify body and mind with the balm of cool ocean breezes, the inspiration of scenic vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… Fox Studio's 1917 feature Queen of the Sea, an oceanic adventure starring Annette Kellermann. The shoot drew crowds of locals and visitors ogling…"
