A few nice Alden Beach Resort images I found:
Image from page 81 of “Trolley trips through New England ..” (1900)
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Title: Trolley trips through New England ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: New England — Description and travel. [from old catalog] Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) — Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Guyde publishing co.
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Forefathers Monument, Plymouth PLYMOUTH—via Brockton HISTORIC PLYMOUTH! Land of the Pilgrims Pride!The City of Elms and Lindens! The Mecca of the Nation! Itmust be visited. Home of the Pilgrim Fathers, of John andPriscilla Alden, of the half-legendary Miles Standish, its namehas become a household word through the length and breadth ofthe land. First comes for the history seeker in PLYMOUTH the Ply-mouth Rock. The great granite boulder, on whlcn the landingwas made on Dec. 20, 1620, lies at the foot of Coles Hill, andis now left high and dry by the receding sea.
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PLYMOUTH^ COPYRIGHT. 1910. byTHE TROLLEY PRESS For Trolley Timetables—See Back of Book 81 NANTASKET BEACH STEAMBOAT Frederic L. Lane, Treasurer and General Managerlixeeutive Offices, 7 Rowcs Wharf, Boston. NANTASKET BEACH The largest, cleanest and most attractive Shore Resort on theNew England Coast. I^inc Ocean Bathing, Band Concerts, Beautiful Drives, Shore Dinners,Dance Halls and various thrilling amusements. PARAGON PARK A MAMMOTH CIRCLE oF FUX Immense Railway, largest ever built; Palm Garden, Dansant, Lagoon,with brilliant electric display. The Harbor Sail on one of the eight palatial steamers of the Xan-tasket Beach Steamboat Company is the most popular attractionof Boston. ICvery comfort of the traveler and sightseer is provided.All Steamers leave from ROWES WHARF. Burbanks Pilgrim Book and Art Store is one of the points of interest in Plymouth andthe place to find the choicest Souvenirs in Pictures,China and Art Goods, Post Cards, Photograi)hs,Guide Books, Pilgrim Histories
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Image from page 62 of “Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine” (1892)
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Title: Through the wilds; a record of sport and adventure in the forests of New Hampshire and Maine
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Farrar, Charles Alden John, d. 1893
Subjects: New Hampshire — Description and travel Maine — Description and travel
Publisher: Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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he land is charminplv broken I -^ ® up into little vales and hills, j and its shores are divided into gently sloping beaches, and precipitous walls. Its hotel is afine specimen of architecture, happily located on the highest swellof the land at the southern end of the island, and commandingthe most entrancing views both inland and seaward. Its summercottages are not the common seaside gimcracks one sees at thebeaches, but beautiful and expensive residences, picturesque, andunique in many features, the homes of people of wealth andrefinement, who find on Cushings, with its careful and well-enforced restrictions, what they cannot find elsewhere. The natural THROUGH THE WILDS. 4T beauties of the island have been improved under the direction ofFrederick Law Olmstead, the famous landscape gardener, until nowthis brightest gem of Casco Bay has become a beautiful park,its entire arrangement being in complete harmony with its wildestfeatures, and grand surroundings. One may travel far before
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THE WILLOWS, CUSHINGS ISLAND. finding its equal, and its accessibility to Portland, with its numerousrail and steamship lines, make it a most desirable resort for thesummer tourist. The scenery of the island itself is pleasing andfascinating, and in many cases grand, while the views from thehotel piazza. Whitehead Cliff, and other points, awake the enthu-siasm of the beholder, who stands spellbound with admiration anddelight. A day — a week — a month — we might with simple truthsay a summer, can be passed here, without exhausting the charms 42 THROUGH THE WILDS. of this lovely dwelling-place by the sea. When Old OrchardBeach shall have lapsed into obscurity, and Mount Desert becomebut a pile of costly ruins, Cushings Island will still shine forthresplendent, as the fairest haven of rest and pleasure whereonthe summer tourist has ever set his foot.
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