Keywords: Swimmers
Item 35319
Swimmers in the water at Fortunes Rocks, Biddeford, 1908
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 25080
East End swimmers, Portland, 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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
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"
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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…"
Story
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.
Story
Float like a water lily
by Nancy R.
Learning to swim on Wilson Pond in Wayne, and synchronized swimming in college.
