Keywords: Thomaston physician
Item 27171
Wm. L. Fernald Store, Thomaston, 1870
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 26640
The Levensaler Block, Thomaston, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1945 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."
