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Description
In 1904, the summer colonies at Bayville and Murray Hill, both on Linekin Bay in the Boothbay region, built a casino on the water at the end of Murray Hill Road. By the mid 1910s, when this photograph was taken, a the Linekin Bay Yacht Club was formed and a steamboat wharf was built southwest from the casino. This photograph was taken on the occasion of a regatta held at the yacht club. In July 1913 the Linekin Bay Yacht Club hosted the Boston Yacht Club during a regatta and Fete Days, with motor boat races, clambakes, luncheons, and a dance.
About This Item
- Title: Linekin Bay Yacht Club, ca. 1913
- Creation Date: circa 1913
- Subject Date: circa 1913
- Location: Linekin Bay Murray Hill, Boothbay, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.2 cm x 16.4 cm
- Object Type: Image
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- Piers & wharves--Maine--Boothbay
- Yacht clubs--Maine--Boothbay
- People--Maine--Boothbay
- Boats--Maine--Boothbay
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Boothbay Region Historical SocietyPO Box 272, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
(207) 633-0820
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