Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"X As you take your walk down Summer Street today, imagine how it used to look before the street was paved, before the advent of automobiles, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor Main Street in the 20th century Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… the Main Street business district is devoted to summer visitors and tourists. There remains one grocery store but the theater, the pharmacy, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… Memory Lane by Emily Phillips Reynolds Mount Desert: A History by George E. Street Northeast Harbor: Reminiscences by An Old Summer Resident"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Prawer & Co., on Front Street just north of Summer Street since 1944, departed to consolidate operations in Portland."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"1907.Patten Free Library The Columbian Block, at 168 through 194 Front Street, consists of two similar buildings built in the Vernacular Italianate…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"The ice would stay there until summer. When summer came, workers would take the ice down south by ship where they could use it to keep things cold…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"changed shifts. The Carlton Bridge continued to carry train traffic. Today, that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"33 Summer Street Bath, Maine 04530 (207) 443-5141 ext. 18 http://www.patten.lib.me.us/history email: history@patten.lib.me.us Sagadahoc History Room…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… Library The Patten Free Library, located at 33 Summer Street in Bath, Maine, is architecturally unique."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Over the summer, the team met a number of times to begin planning this extensive project that would eventually involve approximately 60 seventh…"

Monmouth Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"… (207) 733-2997 Fall/Winter/Spring (207) 733-2197 Summer http://www.mccurdyssmokehouse.org Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water Street Lubec, ME 04652…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"He wrote that the school was built in the summer of 1855 after residents of the area repeatedly petitioned for a school in the neighborhood."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… become the first on the island to develop as a summer retreat. In 1857 the Rockland's Captain, Charles Deering, added Bar Harbor to his stops."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Walley’s summer villa, on Eden Street, last Tuesday night. The first of the place were there. There were the cottage aristocracy, the rich and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer. The Flood of 1936, Ridlonville to Rumford bridgeMexico Historical Society After the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"… Bradeen Philpot’s dainty cotton sprig-print 1894 summer wedding dress features large topped sleeves encased in semi-transparent tulle that creates…"

Monson Historical Society

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

"… builders were responsible for erecting the large summer homes for wealthy summer residents, who spent two to three months here."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Abbe Museum

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