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Historical Items

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Item 7584

Frank Swan's Summer Camp Ca. 1905

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print

Item 98692

Summer cottages at Grimes Cove, Ocean Point, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay; East Boothbay; Ocean Point Media: Glass Negative

Item 20979

Topsham Scenery - Summer Street, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Topsham Media: Stereopticon slide

Tax Records

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Item 76995

37 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Stanislaus Dyro Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Item 76984

16 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bartley Crowley Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 76987

18 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bartley Crowley Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109930

Silver Lake section of Summer Haven, Augusta, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Augusta Client: Recreation Land Co. Architect: E. F. Pooler

Item 109211

Summers Fertilizer Co. Sandy Point Plant, Searsport, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Searsport Client: Summers Fertilizer Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109273

Summers Fertilizer Company Loading Platform, Searsport, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Searsport Client: Summers Fertilizer Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Summer Camps

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.

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Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

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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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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… Middle School student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer…"

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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…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Summer Pleasures Dale Stockbridge and Galen Turner, Swan's Island, ca. 1965Swan's Island Historical Society Playing at the beach, Swan's…"

My Maine Stories

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Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

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Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin

Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.

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"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.