Keywords: Automobile ferries
Item 105907
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Dresden Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 27072
McLeod Scow, Islesboro, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Islesboro Media: Photographic print
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."
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"Margaret Chase Smith Ferry, ca. 2000Islesboro Historical Society On December 1, 1987, a new ferry, the Margaret Chase Smith was put into service."
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"When the ban on automobiles was lifted, there became a need and desire to transport automobiles across the bay."
