Maine Memory Network

Otter Pond Cottage, Swan's Island, 1949

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Designing Acadia

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.

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.

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"During the 1960s and 1970s, Ellsworth's commercial development provided employment opportunities for many of its Surry neighbors. Various cottage…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… on well-heeled clientele who summered in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine."