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Keywords: Inns
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Item 79047
Title: Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1985
Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library
Date: circa 1985
Location: Northeast Harbor
Media: photograph
Item 81730
Title: Harbourside Inn Flyer, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Date: circa 1955
Location: Mount Desert
Media: ink on paper, photographs
Item 76636
Title: East side of the Park House, Hartland, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Hartland Historical Society
Date: circa 1955
Location: Hartland
Media: black and white photograph
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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion
During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.
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Urban renewal, a post World War II impulse to clean up "slums" and other blights in urban areas, led both to renewed economic activities in some cities and towns in Maine and the loss of a number of grand buildings. The loss of the structures helped prompt historic preservation efforts in the state.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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Poland Spring Preservation Society
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay
A history of one of Maine’s many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.