Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Main Street in Fort Kent with the Phillipe A. Roy General Store in the imposing Roy Block, built in 1920, in the middle of the photo.
Fort Kent is the northern terminus of U.S. Route 1, which begins in Key West, Florida.
The picture was taken by the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., which took images for postcards.
About This Item
- Title: Main Street, Fort Kent, ca. 1925
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Location: Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Dirt roads--Maine--Fort Kent
- Telephone lines--Maine--Fort Kent
- General stores--Maine--Fort Kent
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Photographers--Maine
- Stores & shops--Maine--Fort Kent
- Streets--Maine--Fort Kent
- Dwellings--Maine--Fort Kent
- Main Street (Fort Kent, Me.)
- Automobiles--1920-1930
- Gasoline pumps--Maine--Fort Kent
- General stores--Maine--Fort Kent
- Window displays--Maine--Fort Kent
- Route 1 (U.S.)
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Penobscot Marine MuseumPO Box 498, 5 Church Street, Searsport, ME 04974
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