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Item 17197

Shore Acres Hotel, Lamoine, 1927

Contributed by: Lamoine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Lamoine Media: Photographic print

Item 18265

Nathan A. Cushman, Portland, 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Portland; Phippsburg Media: Oil on canvas and wood

Item 6530

Green Acre on the Piscataqua, Eliot, ca. 1891

Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1891 Location: Eliot Media: Photo negative

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Online Exhibits

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The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning

The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Soon after, Hewes Point became the second summer community, also having a hotel, cottages and wharf. Second Islesboro Inn, aerial view, ca."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… were six or more fish factories mostly on the shores of Minturn and Swan’s Island Village. Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Shipyards were established on the sloping shores conveniently adjacent to the sawmills. Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels…"