Keywords: boys' cottages
Item 26470
Boys and dog, Good Will Home, Fairfield, ca. 1920
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Hinckley Media: Photographic print
Item 52949
Keyes Cottage boys, Fairfield, 1959
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1959 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 151909
Various buildings for State School For Boys, South Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1896–1908
Location: South Portland
Client: State of Maine
Architect: Coombs & Gibbs
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Item 151547
B.S.A. cottage, Chebeague Island, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Chebeague Island Client: Council B.S.A. Architect: John Calvin Stevens II
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
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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."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Soon after, Hewes Point became the second summer community, also having a hotel, cottages and wharf. Second Islesboro Inn, aerial view, ca."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns
"… including Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and most…"
