Keywords: summer cottages
Item 98692
Summer cottages at Grimes Cove, Ocean Point, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Boothbay; East Boothbay; Ocean Point Media: Glass Negative
Item 71822
Cottages along the waterfront, Wells Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Wells Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 89319
Summer Dwelling, Brook Lane, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Stephen E. Morse Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 82492
Boothby property, Oakland Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Martha A. Boothby Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 109505
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
Item 111546
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
Exhibit
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
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
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…"
Site Page
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…"
Story
making light
by David Johansen
My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
