Keywords: Island Inn
Item 9469
Squirrel Inn, Squirrel Island, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Item 18643
Mount Desert Inn, Bar Harbor, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
Item 88139
Lorette and Innes House property, E. Side Island Avenue, Lot 65, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Ada E. Lorette and Innes House Use: Hotel
Item 89774
Griffin property, Fern Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Georgie A. Griffin Use: Summer Dwelling
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns
"… Memorial Library The list of Mount Desert Island inns is long and legendary. It begins modestly with the island’s first public house established…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bar Harbor was not alone in its development -- other…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
