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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"Class picnics often took place at cottages on the lake where swimming, boating, and fishing were easily accessible."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2
"Kirby burned Hayward's cottage with her aunt inside it before he escaped to his own cottage with the victim."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI
"… building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the heyday of the island."
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"… even with winter homes "in town" and then summer cottages out at the Pool or towards Kennebunkport. Thursday Club program, Biddeford…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"They wanted their own cottages. And these cottages were not rustic bungalows. They were 60-room mansions with clipped lawns and formal gardens…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born
"… during the renovation and expansion of Harbor Cottage, the Old Ell was removed from the southerly side of Harbor Cottage and relocated down the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance
"… natives at the bottom and wealthy, aristocratic cottage owners at the top. As the tribes struggled to get by without sacrificing their rich…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families
"… on the island, and soon enough million-dollar cottages started appearing across the landscape. The final push was when Acadia National Park was…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3
"… year round, but would return to Saint Anthony's Cottage every summer. In the winter she stayed with friends in Lewiston."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville
"… the early settlers including Howard Hall, Goodwin cottages, Day Hill, Richards Avenue, Wills Block, Packard Block, to name a few."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
"Phillips Family on Porch of Phillips Cottage, Northeast Harbor, Maine 1933Northeast Harbor Library Houses at Asticou from the Scrapbook of Mary…"
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"Curtis was also a regular at the Asticou Inn dining table, taking evening meals at the Asticou Inn many of the nights he was at his cottage until his…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4
"Her unmarked grave is near where her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"… the shingle that hung outside “Saint Anthony’s Cottage,” her modest house in town. The Historical Society is also home to a comprehensive…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner
"… the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages. John Kidder, Virgil Haines, William Hall, and Orville P."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates
"… Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino. Gilman High played in Neighborhood House."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… he erected the building that still stands on Cottage Street today. Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill
"Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, Kneisel HallBlue Hill Public Library Kneisel Cottage, Blue Hill, ca. 1916 Kneisel CottageBlue Hill Public Library"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were built along the shore. In 1913, Josiah Newton Davidson, a Pittsburgh banker and…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4
"… bought clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced."
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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