Maine Memory Network

Maine Broiler Day, Belfast, 1949

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1949 Location: Belfast Media: Glass Negative

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."