Keywords: summer resorts
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 116276
Mt. Kineo House, Kineo Township, 1917-1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1926 Location: Kineo Township Client: unknown 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
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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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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
"… summer residents and promoted the island's summer resort industry, which had actually begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some…"
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Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield
Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island
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Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin
Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.
