<p class="ingestion featured-caption">A couple sits on a beach blanket near Katama Shores Inn in Martha's Vineyard, circa 1960.Eric Bard/Corbis/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Tourists have flocked to <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/going-to-new-england-coast-in-fall-marthas-vineyard-photos-2022-11">Martha's Vineyard</a> for over 100 years for summer getaways.</li><li>Originally settled by Native Americans, the island became a wealthy enclave by the 1830s.</li></ul><p>Nothing screams summer in New England quite like a day trip to the shores of Martha's Vineyard — something tourists have been doing for well over 100 years.</p><p>First inhabited by the Wampanoag people, Martha's Vineyard has been a playground for the ultrawealthy ever since whaling captains began building impressive homes there between 1830 and 1845, <a target="_blank" class href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/fodors/top/features/travel/destinations/unitedstates/massachusetts/marthasvineyard/fdrs_feat_617_8.html">The New York Times</a> reported.</p><p>By the early 1900s, the island was established as a resort destination for wealthy New Englanders, and by the 1950s, Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard had become a popular destination for Black families and residents to live and vacation, according to <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-life-on-Marthas-Vineyard">Britannica</a>.</p><p>Here's a look at what it used to be like to vacation on Martha's Vineyard.</p>