Keywords: Waldo-Hancock Bridge
Item 66383
Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Bucksport, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bucksport Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 13927
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1936 Location: Prospect; Verona Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
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."
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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"
