Keywords: Thomaston built vessel
Item 27829
Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, ca. 1921
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 27834
Schooner Henry J. Smith, Thomaston, 1890
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
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."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"Portrait of Edward O'Brien, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society In the 1850s Edward O’Brien moved his shipyard business from Warren…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding
"In 1630, long before vessels were actually being built in Thomaston, English ships were navigating the George's River to reach the dense inland…"
