Crowds thronging a public landing at Rockland, Maine during the 1949 Lobster Festival.

Crowds thronging a public landing at Rockland, Maine during the 1949 Lobster Festival.

Crowds thronging a public landing at Rockland, Maine during the 1949 Lobster Festival. Many in the crowd are U.S. Navy sailors in dress whites, 2 navy launches are docked on left side of landing float, and what appears to be two warships are anchored out in the harbor.