Keywords: Maplewood Park
Item 39366
Viewing stand at Maplewood Park, Bangor, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
Item 102096
Racing cars at Bass Park track, Bangor, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Bangor Media: Photoprint
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."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"It was called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which were located on the site."
