Keywords: Summer People
Item 105873
Cottages at Long Cove Point, Bristol, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Bristol Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 33491
Summer Outing at Blue Hill Falls, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard
Item 36822
32 Clark Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Carl Ginsberg Use: Dwelling & Store
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3
"… on the porch of his cottage at the popular summer resort of Nahant, Massachusetts. By the time the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Langenheim…"
Site Page
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…"
Story
"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria
Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.
Story
Lloyd LaFountain III family legacy and creating own path
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lloyd followed in his family’s footsteps of serving Biddeford and the State of Maine.
