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Category: Recreation & Leisure, Camps, Resorts & Vacation Homes, Resorts, hotels & inns

Historical Items

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Item 138

Summit Springs Hotel, Poland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print

Item 1391

Staircase, old Driftwood Lodge, Rangeley Lake, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-07-18 Location: Rangeley Media: Photographic print

Item 6055

Oxford House, Fryeburg, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109228

Anchorage Hotel alterations, Old Town, 1946-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1947 Location: Old Town Client: M. M. Hutchinson Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109232

Windsor Hotel alterations, Bangor, 1946-1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1948 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Windsor Hotel Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109266

National Hotel alterations, Madawaska, 1945-1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1950 Location: Madawaska Client: Leo Martin Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Student Exhibit: The Story of the Heywood Tavern

The story of the Heywood Tavern in Skowhegan.

Exhibit

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.

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 Pages

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Site Page

Poland Spring Preservation Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Businesses and Cottage Industries map of Islesboro  Text by John Mitchell Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca."

Site Page

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

Story

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life