Keywords: Colson Boat Shop
Item 46064
Colson Boat Shop, Lubec, ca. 1978
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1978 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 46077
Medric, Colson Boat Shop, Lubec, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Lubec 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."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825
"Colson. About the same time, John Elliot arrived from Wiscasset and, partnered with Benjamin Metcalf of Damariscotta."
