Keywords: Vacation destinations
Item 105891
Dining Hall, Sunset Lodge and Camps, Jefferson, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Jefferson Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 105886
Dining room at Sunset Lodge & Camps, Jefferson, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Jefferson Media: Glass Plate Negative
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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."
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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Home for some, vacation haven for others, most agree that we are lucky to be part of the island’s on-going history."
