Scarborough - Laughton, Rodney
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Imagine arriving at Scarborough in the late 1800s, stepping out of your train car onto the platform, and becoming one of the many visitors enjoying the summer beauty of coastal Maine. This pictorial history transports us back to an exciting era in ScarboroughA[a¬a[s long historyA[a¬aa simpler time, when shore dinner houses and trolley cars were the latest attractions. The images contained in this volumeA[a¬amany of them rare and previously unpublishedA[a¬afeature early automobiles, old homesteads, and summer cottages, as well as unique views of violent shipwrecks and bustling stagecoaches.…mehr

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Imagine arriving at Scarborough in the late 1800s, stepping out of your train car onto the platform, and becoming one of the many visitors enjoying the summer beauty of coastal Maine. This pictorial history transports us back to an exciting era in ScarboroughA[a¬a[s long historyA[a¬aa simpler time, when shore dinner houses and trolley cars were the latest attractions. The images contained in this volumeA[a¬amany of them rare and previously unpublishedA[a¬afeature early automobiles, old homesteads, and summer cottages, as well as unique views of violent shipwrecks and bustling stagecoaches. Through this significant and entertaining collection we experience ProutA[a¬a[s Neck the way artist Winslow Homer knew it and everyday life the way that Scarborough photographer Charles F. Walker captured it on film for future generations to marvel at.
Autorenporträt
Rodney Laughton is a fourth-generation native of Scarborough, and an innkeeper in this small New England community. With Scarborough, he has combined a wide range of images from a variety of archival and private collections with detailed and informative text to create a delightful visual history that will earn a lasting place on the bookshelves of area homes, as well as in the hearts of residents and visitors, young and old alike.