Keywords: Vanderbilt
Item 7722
Former Vanderbilt yacht, Eastport, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Eastport Media: Photoprint
Item 25024
1905 Panhard & Levassor Tourer
Contributed by: Owls Head Transportation Museum Date: 1905 Location: Owls Head Media: Metal
Exhibit
The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI
"Wealthy families including the Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers and Fords spent their summers on MDI."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House
"… and famous visitors: Phillips Brooks, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Webster, Franklin Peirce and Ralph Waldo Emerson."