Keywords: Resort cottages
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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
"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"
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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…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in the 1880s, but was a year 'round community as well."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Summer resorts built wharves at Ryder's Cove, Hewes Point and Dark Harbor to accommodate their guests."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… Watts’ hymn book and the Almanac, which were resorted to on all occasions. Many who never had but a few months’ schooling became good readers and…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources
"Henry Hatch Family, 1991. Summer Cottages: 1890-1930, Earl G. Shettleworth Jr. Published by the Islesboro Historical Society, 1989."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro
"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro X"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"Water Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise
"… reputation as one of the most fashionable resorts firmly set. In truth, a wide range of people comprised the island’s seasonal population."
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"… the economic opportunities presented by a popular resort. For them, the island was a familiar place long frequented by their ancestors for fishing…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"They wanted their own cottages. And these cottages were not rustic bungalows. They were 60-room mansions with clipped lawns and formal gardens…"
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3
"… on the porch of his cottage at the popular summer resort of Nahant, Massachusetts. By the time the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Langenheim…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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