Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Entertainment options increased with each new summer season as many hotels offered more amenities and entertainments, and as cottagers initiated…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… of Ryder’s Cove and Hewes Point, the Dark Harbor summer people valued a more natural, rugged summer experience, including walking on the stone…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Gannett, to buy their newspapers in the summer of 1921. Gannett consolidated the two papers as the Portland Press Herald."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… on the floor of the General Court the following summer. The Federalist majority argued that because so many Maine citizens did not vote in May, the…"

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

"1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure activities such as carriage rides, day hikes, evening lectures…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Summer residents of Blue Hill still come to enjoy the many opportunities and experiences the area has to offer, which benefits the local economy and…"

Monmouth Museum

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

"Usually there was a play shown in the summer as entertainment for the summer population. These performances utilized the stage of the Odd Fellows…"

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

"… have music and dancing especially during the summer months when the summer population was present."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"1940-1950 Summer weight suit, ca. 1948Maine Historical Society Limited French fashion influence during the war had the effect of encouraging…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… but would return to Saint Anthony's Cottage every summer. In the winter she stayed with friends in Lewiston."

Moosehead Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… greater luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.” By 1890, the cottage-building boom had transformed Bar Harbor."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"Work was begun the summer of 1988 with help from summer work groups from the Mission at the Eastward."

Abbot Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"The Eliot family had been spending summers in the region since Charles was a young boy. The place was important to him, and he wanted to share the…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Stetson Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… Historical Society Description In the summer of 1918, the citizens of Lincoln banded together and started the construction of a new grade…"

McArthur Public Library

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… for cattle and sheep and used the marsh for summer pasture. Many settlers were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots) for grazing their animals…"

Patten Free Library

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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