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Historical Items

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Item 10602

Grand Lake Hotel, Grand Lake Stream, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Grand Lake Stream Media: Postcard

Item 66335

Oake Grove Hotel, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 19734

Eureka Hotel, Danforth, ca. 1911

Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: circa 1911 Location: Danforth Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109879

Hotel for Rigby Park and Grand Stand, Cape Elizabeth, 1893-1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1894 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Maine Mile Track Association Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 111314

Mount Pleasant House, NH, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1894 Location: Carroll Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111327

Bay of Naples Inn, Naples, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Naples Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

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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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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."

Site Pages

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… to the early 1890s acquired 1,500 acres for the grand total of $60,000. According to a very early survey of Islesboro, most of this southern land…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… that was held at the illustrious Poland Springs Hotel in Poland, Maine. Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… sheer opulence of these seasonal homes, all given grandly imaginative names such as “Bogue Chitto,” “Bournemouth,” “Chatwold,” and “Thirlstane.”…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

Story

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down