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Keywords: Glen Cove

Historical Items

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Item 71724

Glen Cove Motor Court, near Rockland and Camden, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Rockport Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 79551

First Holly Inn, Christmas Cove, 1906

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: 1904–1907 Location: South Bristol Media: Postcard

Item 26784

Car Barn and Power House, Rockport, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Rockport Media: Postcard

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."