Keywords: Ocean travel
Item 102422
France travel Bulletin, Pennsylvania, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Philadelphia Media: Print on paper
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
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome
"… that brings together the new and the old, the ocean and the land. It creates a stronger sense of community through a greater understanding of the…"
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
