From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Dining Room and Gift Shop, Readfield, Maine K9
Image shows the Route 17 side of The Weathervane restaurant, including entry to the gift shop and part of the snack bar on the far right. In addition to these amenities, the restaurant's dinng room and its tourist cottage offered a scenic view of the lake, and surely appealed to the many seasonal tourists and campers staying in the region. Roadside eateries such as this sprang up along state routes before and after World War II, as American families hit the road in their automobiles seeking out summertime vacation spots. In time many of these establishments were superceded by the interstates and their attendant services.
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LB2010.9.121211
