Yacht Race, Eagle Island, ME

From collection Catharine Sargent Marston Collection

Yacht Race, Eagle Island, ME

A postcard photo: "Yacht Race, Eagle Island, ME." About nine sailboats racing off a small island in East Penobscot Bay. Eagle Island, seen in the distance, was the summer home of Admiral Robert Edwin Peary who, in 1909, was the first person to reach the North Pole. The island is now a national historic site.

Details

LB2012.28.192
circa 1920
City/Town:
Eagle Island 
State/Province:
Maine 
Region-3 Body of Water:
Penobscot Bay 
Country:
United States