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Historical Items

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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

Item 98807

Camp Tanglewood, Lincolnville, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Lincolnville Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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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."