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Historical Items

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Item 7584

Frank Swan's Summer Camp Ca. 1905

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1905 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print

Item 109078

Drexel cottage, Islesboro, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Islesboro Media: Glass Plate Negative

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

Tax Records

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Item 76984

16 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bartley Crowley Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 76987

18 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bartley Crowley Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 76992

25 Summer Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Daniel J. Feeney Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109247

Thomas Knight summer home, Brooksville, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Brooksville Client: Thomas Knight Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109154

Joanne & Dick Warrens' summer house, Dedham, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Dedham Client: Dick Warren Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109350

Summer residence of Hon. Wm. Tudor Gardiner, Woolwich, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Woolwich Client: William Tudor Gardiner Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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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

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Of Note: Maine Sheet Music

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… of Ryder’s Cove and Hewes Point, the Dark Harbor summer people valued a more natural, rugged summer experience, including walking on the stone…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Summers were spent living alone and winters with relatives in New Hampshire. In 1961, Litchfield celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece’s home in…"

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - Organdy summer dress, ca. 1863 - Page 1 of 4

"Organdy summer dress, ca. 1863 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This simple, plain white, unadorned organdy summer…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

Story

Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin

Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.

Story

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home