Keywords: Admiral Perry
Item 13641
George Wardwell snowshoes, Bucksport, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, leather
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."
