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Yachting Trips and Motor Trips in Maine

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1913

Location Note

Box: Albums 253, 265, 267

GUSN

GUSN-191207

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Description

One album of 80 black & white photographs with a few postcards. Title reads "Yachting and Motor Trips Maine and Mountains July 17th to Aug 31st 1913." Presumably a family album of summer yachting trips in Maine and motor trips to other places. Detailed pictures of boating parties on yachts, fishing, motor cars full of family going on a ride, picnics along the way, and family groups posed on the porch during summer. There is some identification of people, pictures from Castine, Maine and Mt Battie near Camden, Maine. Prior to being given to Historic New England, album was bought by Oliver L. Chase at Katherine Smith dispersal sale July 26, 1975.

Details

Descriptive Terms

yachts
automobiles
fishing
coastlines
sailboats
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Additional Identification Number

album number 265

Physical Description

1 photograph album 7" x 11" inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Date of Acquisition

Jan 4, 2012

Reference Code

PC009.265

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Maine (United States)
Castine (Hancock county, Maine)
Mount Battie (Knox county, Maine) [peak]
Camden (Knox county, Maine)

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box: Albums 253, 265, 267

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