Maine Memory Network

The Swimmer, Cutler, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 1950 Location: Cutler Media: Photographic print

Wendell Willworth prior to the Peaks to Portland Swim, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-08-06 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

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."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society Swimmers at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, ca. 1960Swan's Island Historical Society"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels. Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over…"

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.

Float like a water lily
by Nancy R.

Learning to swim on Wilson Pond in Wayne, and synchronized swimming in college.