Maine Memory Network

Higgins Cottage, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Rosemary Cottage, Eliot, ca. 1900

Contributed by: William Fogg Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Eliot Media: Postcard

Maggi property, E. Side Cottage Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Georgia M Maggi Use: Summer Dwelling

Sterling property, E. Side Cottage Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Philena Brunett Sterling Use: Summer Dwelling

Summer Cottage for Mr. T. F. Callahan, Scarborough, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Scarborough Client: T. F. Callahan Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Cottage for Francis Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Francis Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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.

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts, providing quick service to chefs who had placed their order earlier by…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… architects, on often vast acreages, these summer "cottages" were built to provide generous seasonal experiences for their families and friends from…"

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics