Keywords: Sand Beach
Item 19221
Sand Beach on Ocean Drive, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
Item 66280
Sand Beach, Bar Harbor, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"The hard-packed sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures
"Four friends at Fine Sand Beach, Swan's Island, ca. 1920Swan's Island Historical Society Young and old loved to spend time at the beach."
Story
Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley
Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.
Story
Peace in Maine
by Rebekah Tower
My story is about my family vacations to Maine when I was growing up.
