Keywords: Steamer Castine
Item 27192
Waymouth Memorial Dedication at Mall, Thomaston, 1905
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1905-07-06 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 98830
Bayside Lodge, Harborside, Brooksville, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Brooksville Media: Glass Negative
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
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"British forces occupied Castine, three miles east of Islesboro across the Penobscot Bay, and much of eastern Maine."
