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Historical Items

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Item 26725

Ne-mat-ta-no Resort Hotel, North Lubec, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 25517

Fete, Poland Spring resort, 1901

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1901 Location: Poland Spring Media: Photographic print

Item 25547

Menu, Poland Spring resort, 1884

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1884 Location: Poland Spring Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116396

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116477

Ricker house alterations, Poland, 1927-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1929 Location: Poland Client: H. W. Ricker Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111555

Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Summer Resorts map of Islesboro  Text by Donna Seymour Seaside House Key Tag, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Seaside…"

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

"… a means of supporting and developing the island's resort industry. Early island contractors and builders were responsible for erecting the large…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… within each category; Schools (Education), Summer Resorts (Recreation), Businesses/Cottage Industries (Land Use), Water Transportation…"

My Maine Stories

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Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

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The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life