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Historical Items

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Item 10162

Camp building at Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes, 1910

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1910 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: photographic print

Item 10151

Boathouse at Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes, 1947

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1947 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Item 7408

Museum cabin at Camp Winnebago, 2002

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 2002 Location: Fayette Media: Digital photograph

Tax Records

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Item 58314

Camp, Hobart Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George C. Waltman Use: Camp

Item 58315

Camp, Hobart Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William R. Swallow Use: Camp

Item 57435

Assessor's Record, Camp, Hampton Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Annie Farnham Use: Camp

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150899

Camp building at Pondicherry, Bridgton, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Bridgton Client: Girl Scouts of America Architect: Raymond S. Leahy; Stockly & Leahy Assoc.

Item 150688

Hotel Building, Livermore Falls, Livermore Falls, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Livermore Falls Client: unknown Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Item 150792

Plans for Bay Point Hotel, Rockland, 1889-1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889–1902 Location: Rockland Client: H. Ricker and Sons Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
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Online Exhibits

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Girls playing basketball, Naples, ca. 1930

Summer Camps

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.

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Cook house and crew, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

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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."