Higgins Beach 1940's

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=300 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4af40ea20.png" border=0 width="270" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Higgins History"><B>Return To</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Higgins History"><B>Higgins History</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id786.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barefoot Arrival 1916"><B>Last History Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4a1ce6180.png" border=0 width="230" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Steve Seabury</B></div> <div> <B>Broker</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>207-838-3407 </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>(Cell)</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>207-253-1500</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> (Office)</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3adfd23b0.png" border=0 width="210" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Dana Seabury</B></div> <div> <B>Associate Broker</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>207-274-7497 </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>(Cell)</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>207-253-1500</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> (Office)</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Higgins Beach</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Higgins Beach"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 style="border-right: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#000033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Higgins Beach 1940's</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Then....</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="49ecf9e70.jpg" border=0 width="761" height="487" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This post card of bathers on Higgins was sold in the 1940's.  The Silver Sands Hotel was a major focus at the time and would remain so for many years.   Note the grass dunes flowing down onto the beach where now we have rock sea walls.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Now.... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="49f8e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Photo Taken 3/20/23</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Silver Sands Hotel would be in front of the three cottages in the foreground.  All three cottages are however on the grounds of the Silver Sands property.  The Cape Elizabeth shoreline is obviously a lot more wooded than it was in the 1940's</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id786.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barefoot Arrival 1916"><B>Last History Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>