Keywords: Servant's cottage
Item 151787
Colket residence, Bar Harbor, 1968-1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968–1994 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Tristram Colket Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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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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Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
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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…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"Their extravagant lifestyle, supported by house servants, chauffeurs and gardeners, was both envied and resented by the town's year-round residents."