Keywords: island party
Item 60059
Clambake on Cousins Island, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
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 88202
Randall property, W. Side Island Avenue, Lot 17, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Annie Randall Use: Dwelling
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Exhibit
Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"It was the largest hotel on the island outside of Bar Harbor, with 35 rooms on three upper floors and a series of public rooms and kitchens on the…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… she was often asked to perform at private dinner parties. The theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931."
Story
Decontie and Brown's venture in high fashion design
by Decontie and Brown
Penobscot haute couture designs from Bangor
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
