Keywords: vista
Item 18639
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 25017
Vista of a Four Master, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Media: Postcard
Item 85058
Lackey property, S. Side Maple Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Wells E. Lackey Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 84338
Bashem property, E. Side Whitehead Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Elizabeth Bashem Use: Summer Dwelling
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise
"… of cool ocean breezes, the inspiration of scenic vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Today
"… as the Carter Nature Preserve, this panoramic vista includes tidal pools, cobble beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest."
Story
Swimming with Jellyfish
by Cathy. L
At the age of 19 Cathy attended an Audubon Camp at Hog Island.
