Maine Memory Network

Hotel Register, Islesboro, 1898

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Islesboro Media: Ink on paper

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Brunswick Hotel, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard

Mt. Kineo House, Kineo Township, 1917-1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1926 Location: Kineo Township Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Alterations for Poland Spring House, South Poland, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Poland Client: unknown Architect: Fasset and Stevens Architects

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.

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.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"

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…"

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.

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.