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Historical Items

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Item 7400

Campers at Camp Winnebago, 1921, left side

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1921 Location: Fayette Media: Photographic print

Item 18121

Camp Winnebago recording of Fight for Winnebago

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)

Item 18113

Camp Winnebago recording of Buckle Down Winnebago

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)

Tax Records

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Item 84384

Kane property, N. Side Winding Way, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: ELizabeth Kane Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 84404

Robertson property, W. Side Winding Way, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James A. Robertson Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 85063

Ball property, S. Side Maple Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elizabeth M. Ball Use: Summer Dwelling

Exhibits

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Exhibit

Girls playing basketball, Naples, ca. 1930

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Exhibit

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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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."