Keywords: Islesborough Hotel (Islesboro, Me.)
Item 27090
Seaside Hotel, Islesboro, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: Postcard
Item 27105
Hotel Register, Islesboro, 1898
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Islesboro Media: Ink on paper
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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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources
"History of Islesboro, Maine: 1893-1983, Islesboro Historical Society, 1984. On The Island: Islesboro Recollections, W."
