Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 1, 1878

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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 1, 1878

Harry Alexander Ogden's famous drawing of the S.S. Cambria.

The article begins:

"In the landlocked waters of Southwest
Harbor lies the now muchly talked of
Cambria. A more adroit selection for a
quiet berth could scarcely have been made;
and when we came to take a glance at the
trim and taut-looking vessel, we felt inclined
to wonder, as with the fly in amber,
"how the deuce she got there?” Southwest
Harbor is about twenty-three miles from
Ellsworth, Maine. To reach it, recalls
those tortuous times when our forefathers
ventured forth at rare intervals, their wills
made, their flasks full, and their powder
dry. The journey from New York to Boston,
and from thence to Bangor, savors of the
nineteenth century, but from Bangor to
Ellsworth, and from Ellsworth to Southwest
Harbor, speaks loudly of the eighteenth."

ME

USA

June 1, 1878