Maine Memory Network

Summer cottages at Grimes Cove, Ocean Point, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay; East Boothbay; Ocean Point Media: Glass Negative

Cottages along the waterfront, Wells Beach, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Wells Media: Linen texture postcard

Summer Dwelling, Brook Lane, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Stephen E. Morse Use: Summer Dwelling

Boothby property, Oakland Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Martha A. Boothby Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Summer Cottage for Mr. T. F. Callahan, Scarborough, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Scarborough Client: T. F. Callahan Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Cottage for Francis Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Francis Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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.

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts, providing quick service to chefs who had placed their order earlier by…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… architects, on often vast acreages, these summer "cottages" were built to provide generous seasonal experiences for their families and friends from…"

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics