Contributed by Bruce Thurlow through Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
Description
The Pine Point Station showing tourists and buggies around 1890. The Boston and Maine Railroad opened up Pine Point area of Scarborough to the tourist industry and helped change it from a relatively poor village to a tourist destination. The company had also paid for much of the roadway.
About This Item
- Title: Pine Point RR Station, Scarborough, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Pine Point, Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 27.9 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Carts & wagons--Maine--Scarborough
- Tourists--Maine--Scarborough
- Railroad stations--Maine--Scarborough
- Transportation--Maine--Scarborough
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Tourism--Maine
- Carriages & coaches--Maine--Scarborough
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Scarborough Historical Society & MuseumPO Box 156, Scarborough, ME 04070-0156
(207) 885-9997
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