Keywords: Shore Dinners
Item 33673
Marshview Restaurant and Shore Dinner House, Scarborough, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency
Item 29400
Wayland House, Scarborough, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1912 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Exhibit
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 Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"During the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were built along the shore. In 1913, Josiah Newton Davidson, a Pittsburgh banker…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"… the school year, they got together for meetings, dinners, and to present their scientific work. The Champlain Society would return to Mount Desert…"
