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Historical Items

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Item 15822

Rosemary Cottage, Eliot, ca. 1900

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

Item 53008

Grange Cottage, Fairfield, 1912

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1912 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 14353

Grange Cottage, Good Will Homes, 1911

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1911 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111888

John S. Hyde farmer's cottage, Bath, 1913-1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1915 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning

The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.

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."

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould then built a cottage on the land. Gould was very fond of the woods and enjoyed studying the native plants, flowers, and wildlife."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Class picnics often took place at cottages on the lake where swimming, boating, and fishing were easily accessible."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Her unmarked grave is near where her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics