Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
The "balloon view of Old Orchard" includes a numbered key to rivers, a camp and Boston and Maine Railroad depot. Also included is "on the beach at low tide" showing in the distance islands such as Prout's Neck and Bluff Island. Illustrations include hotels that were once near and on the beach such as Sea-Shore House, Old Orchard House-Ocean Front. Included is a rustic observatory in Ferry Beach Park. View is from a guidebook titled "Old Orchard, Maine pen and pencil sketches," by J.S. Locke.
About This Item
- Title: Views of Old Orchard Beach, 1879
- Creator: J S Locke
- Creation Date: circa 1879
- Subject Date: circa 1879
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Lithograph
- Dimensions: 33 cm x 66 cm
- Local Code: 53668 (OML-1879-50.2)
- Collection: Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Beaches--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Hotels--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.)--Aerial views
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Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
(207) 780-4850
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