Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Penobscot Bay Camps was located along Route 1 on Belfast's east side, near the Mooring Campground. Both offered fine views of Penobscot Bay and often of the steamships Belfast or Camden heading to or from the Eastern Steamship Wharf.
The vessels provided Bangor-Boston service several days a week through 1935.
In 1917 the Belfast Board of Trade erected 200 signs promoting Belfast along Maine roads. In 1921 a new concrete bridge over the Passagassawakeag River opened. Tourism marketing and better roads and bridges encouraged auto touring along the Maine coast grew, increasing the demand for overnight accommodations.
Many tourists still stayed in downtown hotels, but by 1930 there were often campgrounds and overnight cabins on the outskirts of cities.
The 1950s brought more options for lodging, and the old overnight cabins began to lose their t appeal. Penobscot Bay Cabins was still advertising in the Belfast Tourist Guide in 1953, but its days were numbered. After it closed, local residents bought some of the old cabins and moved them to ponds and lakes to use as camps.
About This Item
- Title: Boston boat seen from Penobscot Bay Tearoom and Camps, Belfast, 1920
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.109619
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Tourist camps & hostels
- Photographs--Maine--Belfast
- Postcards--Maine
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Restaurants--Maine--Belfast
- Hotels--Maine--Belfast
- Penobscot Bay (Me.)
- Ferries
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