Keywords: Coastal travel
Item 78962
Steamer "J.T. Morse" leaving Northeast Harbor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 23619
President Taft, Biddeford Pool, 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-07-28 Location: Biddeford 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
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!
"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"
Site Page
"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."
