Keywords: Summer staff
Item 81411
Asticou Inn Staff, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1931
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1931 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 148279
Two beachgoers playing leapfrog, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass plate negative
Exhibit
Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.
Exhibit
Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
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"… the day-to-day activities of the large staff necessary to service this affluent transient community while graciously welcoming the summer guests to…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns
"In this photo, three-quarters of the staff are gathered on the hotel steps. -Opulence to Ashes: Bar Harbor’s Gilded Century, by Lydia B."
Story
Minik Wallace 1891-1918
by Genevieve LeMoine, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
The life of Minik, an Inuit person from Greenland who grew up in New York City.
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
