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Item 105877

Hilton's Store and Post Office, Alna, 1909

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1909 Location: Alna Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 102068

"Tract of land lying in Poland," 1798

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798 Location: Auburn; Poland; Minot; Turner Media: Ink on paper

Item 98761

The Mooring Camping Ground, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Belfast Media: Glass Negative

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Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

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W. R. Allan Residence, Dennysville, ca. 1910

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.

Exhibit

Riverside Hotel, at Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1910

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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Eastern Maine Medical Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"Eastern Illustrating Company R Herman Cassens R. Herman Cassens from the collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum X In 1909, R."

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Arizona delegation of NFBPWC with Governor Brewster, Portland, 1925

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… activities and to promote ethical business dealings. Maine led the eastern U.S. in the formation of BPW clubs for some six years in the 1920s."