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Description
Booth Tarkington was a novelist about life in the Middle West and won two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in Indianapolis, he built an estate, "Seawood," on South Maine Street in Kennebunkport where he and his wife lived from May through December each year. The amenities of the house included a schooner, "Regina," and “The Floats,” a boathouse. The boathouse became the Kennebunkport Maritime Museum/Gallery. The house was built in 1917 and was a Neo-Classical Revival, 2 stories, with gabled roof and pedimented two-story portico. Frederick Wallick, architect.
The caption reads, "Booth Tarkington's Home, Kennebunkport, Maine." The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938.
About This Item
- Title: Booth Tarkington's Home, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1938
- Subject Date: circa 1938
- Location: Kennebunkport, York County, ME
- Media: Linen texture postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Authors, American--Maine
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- Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946--Homes and haunts--Maine--Kennebunkport
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