Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… numbers of tourists headed to newly designated “Vacationland,” where they enjoyed Maine's forests, mountains, and vast coastline."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… across the United States were excited to see what vacationland had to offer. Participants were treated to a ride in the Navy Airship Shenandoah…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"In the 1950s, middle class families got in their cars and drove to “Vacationland.” The Development of an island-wide identity"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"It’s around this time Maine was dubbed “Vacationland.” And, article after article in newspapers proclaimed the New Meadows River area around Malaga…"