Keywords: Leisure cruise
Item 35281
Launch "Goldenrod," Biddeford, ca. 1915
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 102359
R.M.S "Scythia" travel log card, September, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-08 Location: Boston; La Havre Media: Print 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."
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.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures
"… is of Normie Burns taking islanders out for a cruise and dinner or lunch in Stonington or Isle Au Haut."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"They arrived at their personal dock via ocean cruise, or boated across the two miles from Eastport, Maine’s train terminal."
