Maine Memory Network

Steamboat Landing, Friendship, 1908

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: 1908 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print

Steamboats Wiwurna, Nahanada, Samoset, and Winter Harbor in Boothbay Harbor, 1890

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

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.

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.

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"The Hallowell Eastern Steamboat Wharf was located at the bulkhead, which is a dividing wall between compartments in a ship."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral Farragut were…"