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Item 78874

The Rockaway Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Item 79563

The Summit House Hotel in South Bristol Village, ca. 1910

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: South Bristol Media: Postcard

Item 101517

Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Jordan, Biddeford, 1916

Who were the Jordans, where were they from?

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-11 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Park Street after the ice storm, Portland, 1886

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Exhibit

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Music in Maine - MAKE

"Some music and dance traditions happen seasonally for harvesting, social, and ceremonial events. Other songs honor and welcome visitors or prepare…"

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"-Albert L. Higgins, Bar Harbor Times, 20 June 1934 Rusticators were visitors who flocked to the island from cities, seeking relief from the noise…"