Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
This photo of the corner of Main and Church Streets in Calais was taken about 1900. The stars-and-stripes bunting on the Hill-Pike Building to the left suggests that this photo was taken near the fourth of July. This building was used as a chandlery and as retail space for other merchants serving the waterfront trade.
Beside it is the Emmans Hotel and looking further east on Main Street can be seen the many carriage makers and stables that provided transportation in Calais in the days before the automobile.
The brick building to right was then called St Croix Hall and later became the Opera House.
About This Item
- Title: Main Street, Calais, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Calais, Washington County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.114239
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Buildings--Maine--Calais
- Main Street (Calais, Me.)
- Postcards--Maine
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Photographs--Maine
- Decorations--Maine--Calais
- Stores & shops--Maine--Calais
- Dirt roads--Maine--Calais
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Penobscot Marine MuseumPO Box 498, 5 Church Street, Searsport, ME 04974
(207) 548-2529
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