In this photo, originally published in the Portland Press Herald on Oct. 12, 1946, passengers aboard The Emita, a Casco Bay Lines ferry, pose for the camera. The Emita was docked at Custom House Wharf. What was then the Randall and McAllister coal pier can be seen in the background. According to the Maine Memory Network, the steamer ended its islands run in the early 1950s. Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives.