Keywords: East Deering bypass
Item 20936
East Deering Bypass, Portland, 1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954-08-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20937
East Deering Bypass, Portland, 1953
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-10-07 Location: Portland 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."