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Keywords: Recreation areas

Historical Items

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Item 71702

Eastern Promenade, Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 149659

Map for Martin's Sporting Camps, Sinclair, 1953

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1953 Location: Square Lake Media: Postcard

Item 109071

"Camping Out, Lake St. George," Liberty, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Liberty Media: Glass Plate Negative

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109942

Preliminary Plan, Kennebunk, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Kennebunk Client: William A. Rogers Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Item 111545

Maxwell residence elevations, Raymond, 2014

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2014 Location: Raymond Clients: Scott M. Maxwell; Jane H. Maxwell Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Item 149097

New York Botanical Garden Ornamental Conifer Collections, Bronx, NY, 1946-1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1999 Location: Bronx Client: New York Botanical Gardens Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

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Portland Hotels

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.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

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Baxter State Park

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Riverside Park was one of the most popular recreational areas in the Bangor-Brewer-Hampden area from 1898 to 1916."

My Maine Stories

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Working at International Paper and being part of the community
by Gary Desjardens

Working for International Paper and volunteering for the Special Olympics of America

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Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.

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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast