Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the rusticators. When the Blue Hill Hospital burned down in 1929, the Blue Hill Inn…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… makes up so much of the creative outlet in this town. 1900-1920: Kneisel Hall: Kneisel Hall was established in 1902 by conductor Franz Kneisel."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… homes throughout New England and surrounding towns. They had to be accommodated with boarding houses, and the management decided that they must…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… extending from Cottage Street half way to the town green. By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and telephone service linking…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976. Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns like Phippsburg, looked to tourism and development as way to dig out of the state’s economic…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The waterfronts of both towns provided the perfect location for the industry, and a working landscape of canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses…"