Maine Memory Network

Hotel Sorrento, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sorrento; Sullivan Media: Photographic print

Quarry workers in Sullivan/Sorrento, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Sullivan; Sorrento Media: Photographic print

Payne property, Sorrento Road, Little Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Abbie C. Payne Use: Summer Dwelling

Allan property, Sorrento Road, Little Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George B. Allan Use: Summer Dwelling

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.

Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society

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