Keywords: Sailboats
Item 104849
Two sailboats in a harbor, ca. 1935
Do you know who these people are and where this was taken?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935
Item 43217
Sailboat and Bangor's skyline, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor 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."
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bryant-Rockefeller
Eventually, the Rockefeller's marine possesions included several motor boats and sailboats.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
… of all sizes and types, from rowboats and small sailboats, to fishing boats were used for this purpose.
