Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… in money and a small portion of time each growing season for ten years." The site he chose for his ideal house was 9 miles south of Bangor on the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Skating Rink, 1868

"Admission was 10 cents or $2 for a season ticket. Martin's illustration includes the surrounding area: two steamer wharfs and Broad Street behind…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… part of it larger than my finger but during the season it thickened up a little from the ground up 2 feet but when the fruit grew it would have…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… a new nation beginning to define itself, to one seasoned by war and experiencing spectacular economic, population, and geographic growth."

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

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

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… as renters, and then bought or built their own seasonal homes. As the available properties became scarcer, especially at Ryder’s Cove and Hewes…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… it was available for purchase by the first seasonal visitors from the Bangor area. Benjamin Ryder (1818-1881) who had inherited land on the western…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"Sally and her daughter, Sarah Ann, spent "the season" in Washington. The wide waistband and puff sleeve cuffs are trimmed with the fashionable…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, who made seasonal encampments at Seward’s Neck (North Lubec) during the spring smelt run, gathered sweet grass…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… X Whether a resident of our community, a seasonal visitor, an educator, or a curious "virtual traveler," we invite you to discover the rich…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Lubec and Campobello locals, seasoned by the sea and its vagaries, had no doubt the dory was much more seaworthy."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Unchanged are the seasonal weather conditions, mosquitoes, green-headed flies and midges that bother diggers on the flats."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… goods will also be extensively worn next season. In solid colors the ground will be a dead, rep-like fabric, and the velvet figure will be quite…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… conditions were so poor that use was essentially seasonal. Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Initially, cars were limited to seasonal use because of poor roads. Few roads were tarred. By 1927, popularity of the automobile forced Scarborough…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… "caretakers" remain at the end of a fishing season to maintain ownership of desirable space. The first known European settler in Scarborough was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… shed was used for the remainder of the tourist season. The station was later replaced with a new structure.(4) The Portland, Saco & Portsmouth…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"A long-time seasonal resident of Lubec, Frank Van Riper, made a number of photographs of people and their work at McCurdy’s the last year of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Snow removal during the1933 season received one page in the annual Town Report. But 1934’s account required a separate 28 page publication."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… Desert Islanders marked the start of the summer season by the arrival of two distinct groups: Wabanaki Indians and Rusticators."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… 2001, certain wings of the home were cordoned-off seasonally from the year-round occupants with features such as pocket doors, and rented to summer…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… island in the number and sheer opulence of these seasonal homes, all given grandly imaginative names such as “Bogue Chitto,” “Bournemouth,”…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

""Mame" SavageNortheast Harbor Library Their seasonal move involved seven family members leaving this relatively palatial home and de-camping to the…"