Maine Memory Network

Snack bar, Merrymeeting Park, Brunswick, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print

Snack Bar, Loring AFB, 1953

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1953 Location: Limestone Media: Photographic print

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… hall with a bowling alley, pool tables and a snack bar. The first dry cleaner in town was owned by Mr. Zeltin."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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