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 Media: Glass Negative
Item 21734
30-Square Meter Sailboats off Northeast Harbor
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1938 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
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
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.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
Some of the early sailboats were named the Thistle, the Troubadour, and the Indra. Rusticators often went on hikes and after dinner excursions.
