Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Swimming, Blue Hill, 1907

"Swimming, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Swimming at the Bathing Beach in Blue Hill during the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Picnicking, Blue Hill, 1907

"Picnicking, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Picnicking along the coast of Blue Hill in 1907."

Blue Hill, Maine - Waterside Cottage, Blue Hill, 1907

"Waterside Cottage, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description A rusticator’s waterside cottage in 1907."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Homestead, Blue Hill, 1907

"The Homestead, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description The Homestead and tennis court at Parker Point, Blue…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907

"Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - SS Panatoset, Blue Hill, 1907

"SS Panatoset, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description SS Panatoset yacht in 1907 near Blue Hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - Brooksville to Castine Ferry, 1907

"Brooksville to Castine Ferry, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description A ferry boat that traveled from Brooksville to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"H.H Fisher was the manager of the business when the change commenced. The New England Telephone & Telegraph Company was located at the Church Block…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Long-time residents remember playing ball in the 'field' behind the house, which is not officially part of the property but had space for two teams."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Married to Kate Howard Fisher for 60 years, he passed away on June 22, 1938. Walter G. Webber opened a drugstore at the foot of Elm Street in 1875."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers. Eva Wheaton talks about the boarding houses in her audio."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… 3 years later, she went to work at the Massey House, a Minturn boarding house for quarry workers."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"It also housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie projector. The Lodge room and kitchen were upstairs, while the dance hall and movie…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The current house is a much smaller, but recognizable version of the original. The hotel was built and run by Captain William Herrick (1841-1925)."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Islanders petitioned for a light house in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"In the 1970s, the hall housed the 'Coffee Shop," a place for teens to hang out. Arthur Stinson started the Coffee Shop and served as chaperone."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Many houses on the island have private collections of these artifacts, though little is known of their original owners."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"They took up temporary residence in the “Big House”--Swan’s abandoned mansion--a trend copied by many later settlers as they worked to build their…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… and plumbing and heating changed in island houses. There was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July prank of tipping over outhouses…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… settler who would come, bring his family, build a house and cultivate the land. In turn, the settlers had to agree to stay seven years."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Ford Jernegan, a Baptist minister, and Charles Fisher, both from Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, arrived in Lubec and immediately set an elaborate…"