Keywords: Tablecloths
Item 103644
A father and his three children, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Daguerreotype
Item 98822
Mt. Ash Inn Cottages, Brooklin, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Brooklin Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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."
