Keywords: Eastern Grain Co.
Item 105888
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Whitefield Media: Glass Plate Negative
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 37322
202 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Storage - Grain
Item 37323
204-206 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Elizabeth W. Thomas Use: Factory - Pickle
Exhibit
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
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.
