Keywords: ice cream socials
Item 63063
Marguerite Staples on "Ice cream socials," Swan's Island, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 65559
Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Swan's Island Media: Postcard
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Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
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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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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd
"1925Swan's Island Historical Society Ice cream socials were also popular in the 1940s occurring when islanders walked to places like the Seaside…"
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Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
