Keywords: Steinman
Item 66434
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Deer Isle Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 71750
Deer Isle Bridge, Sedgwick, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Sedgwick Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
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."