Keywords: Outdoor venues
Item 70004
Green Campground sign, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
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."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era
"… dedicated in 1907 and remained the preeminent venue for arts and culture on the island for the next 30 years."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"In its time it was the 2nd largest venue of its kind in New England, the Boston Garden being the first."
