Keywords: Down Easter
Item 71863
Down-East Motel, Yarmouth, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Yarmouth Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 26297
Baring Brothers Launch, Thomaston 1877
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan
Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"… and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters. The Honorable Edward O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts were two of the most successful shipyard…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill
"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"
