Keywords: Ice skating rinks
Item 101222
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1868 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
Item 103853
Ice skating, Deering Oaks, Portland, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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
Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum
"Years later, the skating rink moved onto land now part of Riverside Park and served by a warming hut that is now the support building."
