Keywords: Cove Fish Company
Item 61967
Fish houses at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Ogunquit Media: Postcard
Item 69912
Perkins Cove foot bridge, Ogunquit, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard
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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry
"… were some near Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought…"
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"… Library Due to increases in retail activity, fishing and fish processing employment opportunities, shipping and farming, Lubec’s population grew…"
