Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"Standing are (left to right) Wealthy Ellen Wormell Leavitt, (Betsey Leavitt Josselyn’s great-great-great grandmother) and Mary Elizabeth Wormell…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… the contributions of accomplished and sometimes wealthy newcomers, have all exerted powerful influences on the history of Mount Desert Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… who were educated, intellectually curious and wealthy “rusticators” with a deep and abiding interest in the natural beauty of the island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"Wealthy families including the Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers and Fords spent their summers on MDI."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Phair was a Presque Isle pioneer and a wealthy man. Phair was known as the “Starch King” because he was in the potato starch business."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… before the Revolution, and she came from a very wealthy, very staunch Tory family. When the American Revolution broke out, the Fluckers abandoned…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… Thomas Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson was a wealthy merchant who had interest in Maine lands because of familial ties."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… gradient emerged, with natives at the bottom and wealthy, aristocratic cottage owners at the top. As the tribes struggled to get by without…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… at the Indian encampment while stunningly wealthy capitalists focused on conspicuous socializing or devoted themselves to conservation and social…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… As Mount Desert Island’s visitor count rose, many wealthy rusticators opted for greater luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.”…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"The originals, afforded by the wealthy, were famously crafted with hidden details such as corsetry, padding, darts and pleating to shape the style to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"This effect that the wealthy have had upon the locals, and that the locals have had upon the wealthy, is a fascinating one, and is truly a piece of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… into a residential community of middle age, wealthy retired summer visitors. Many of these "guests" stayed for a month or more and brought along…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… to frustrated squatters living on the lands of wealthy proprietors. Additionally, as the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia completed its…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… brought an end to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the Western side of the island, including…"

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

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

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"This group of wealthy, well connected merchants organized as “The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New-Plymouth,” The…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from these cities -- were seeking an escape to unspoiled nature…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"The theater held about 620 and entertained the wealthy and the working classes alike. Shows ran six days a week, three shows a day."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"The Proprietors were a group of wealthy Boston merchants whose members included James Bowdoin, John Hancock, Dr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… was formed to sell plots for development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"With his brother, William Moses, they both became wealthy business men who financed: the Bank Block, The Lincoln Block, and the Columbian Block, in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… his 1786 marriage to Mary Alsop, daughter of wealthy New York merchant John Alsop. He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected…"