Keywords: Excursion boats
Item 13902
Songo River excursion flyer, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Portland; Naples Media: Ink on paper
Item 25831
Boats Near Factory Island, Saco, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
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.
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."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864
"He said it brought a group of Congressmen on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast. Martin described the boat and its guns."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56
"… Steamer, gun boat Mahoning Congressional excursion to Bangor Bangor McClellan Club Ideal homestead Southern life Slavery Frank Davis Wheelwright &…"
