Maine Memory Network

Summers cartoon on Samantha Smith, 1983

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Media: Ink on paper

700 Acre Island, Islesboro, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Islesboro Media: Postcard

21-23 Douglass Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Helen M Summers Use: Dwelling - Two family

21-23 Douglass Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Helen M Summers Use: Dwelling - Single family

Summers Fertilizer Co. Sandy Point Plant, Searsport, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Searsport Client: Summers Fertilizer Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Summers Fertilizer Company office building, Searsport, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Searsport Client: Summers Fertilizer Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… Middle School student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer…"

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…"

Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin

Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.