Keywords: Perry's Tropical Nut House
Item 75090
Perry's Nut House, Belfast, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Belfast Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 75088
Old woman in the shoe, Belfast, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Belfast Media: Linen texture postcard
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."
