Keywords: Resort cottages
Item 71822
Cottages along the waterfront, Wells Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Wells Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 71856
Cottages along the beach, Wells Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Wells Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 111366
Wilson/Stenstrom residence site plan, Hanover Parish, Jamaica, 1972-1995
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972–1995 Location: Hanover Parish Clients: Carol A. Wilson; David M. Stenstrom Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect
Exhibit
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 - Summer Resorts
"Summer Resorts map of Islesboro Text by Donna Seymour Seaside House Key Tag, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Seaside…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"
Story
Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins
The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA
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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
