Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Baxter State Park

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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…"

Friendship Museum

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Old York Historical Society

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Thomaston Historical Society

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

"… the center of upscale entertainment activity for summer colonists. It was not uncommon for limousines to arrive at the theater's open doors…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of the Isles (1901) was built for the Catholic summer help who worked for the wealthy summer families."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… in 1952, that she opened the highly innovative Summer Dance Center and Summer Dance School in Hulls Cove."

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

"… job, some lobstermen operated fishing party boats summer afternoons, taking groups to catch mackerel, pollack, flounder, cod and haddock along the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer flight school. This school, which opened on 8 April 1930, was the first in the nation to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Her playful accounts of summer trips describe the social aspects of fishing trips, gear used and fish harvested."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The absence of a lake shore or a pond for summer recreation was in part replaced by shallow pools on the Swift River, known as ABC, and covered for…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In the summer of 1876, William Darling bought up mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Atlantic salmon could be caught in the early summer. Clans and bands would congregate for the salmon fishing when many people could be fed in one…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… at Madigan” when asking permission to attend summer workshops. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mercy developed affiliations with Seton Psychiatric…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"According to Cush Lane, a summer resident, when high tide fell around around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"The building is used in the summer by church work groups that come to the area to assist needy people."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… With images from the Patten Free Library Summer Street, Bath, ca. 1907.Patten Free Library The Columbian Block, at 168 through 194 Front…"

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

"However, most lobsters are caught in late summer and fall when they migrate closer to shore areas to molt."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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