Keywords: tollhouse
Item 26649
Lower Toll Bridge, Thomaston, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Thomaston Media: Postcard
Item 104639
Opening of the first section of the Maine Turnpike, Portland, 1947
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: 1947-12-13 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
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."
