Keywords: ski lift
Item 116224
Saddleback Mountain ski resort, ca. 1992
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1992 Location: Rangeley Media: Cotton, ink
Item 18888
Riding the Old Blue chairlift at Pleasant Mountain, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Shawnee Peak Ski Area through Ski Museum of Maine Date: circa 1972 Location: Bridgton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
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."
