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Description
This poster promoted tourism and the popular destinations of the times for all the Summer Resorts along the Railroad's route in New Hampshire and Maine. The trains departed Boston several times daily at 8:30 a.m., 12:30, 3:30, and 6:00 p.m for Old Orchard Beach, Ocean Bluffs, Wells, Pine Point, and Scarborough Beaches. At one time the Boston and Maine Railroad maintained two lines through Scarborough.
About This Item
- Title: Boston and Maine Railroad Poster, ca. 1890
- Creator: Rodney Laughton
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
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Locations:
- Scarborough Beach, Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- Pine Point, Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- NH
- Media: Slide, transparency
- Object Type: Image
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- Railroads--Maine
- Resorts--Maine
- Resorts--New Hampshire
- Advertisements
- Posters
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Railroads--New Hampshire
- Railroads--Massachusetts
- Tourism--Maine
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Scarborough Historical Society & MuseumPO Box 156, Scarborough, ME 04070-0156
(207) 885-9997
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