Keywords: Eastern Steamship Co.
Item 41715
Eastern Steamship Landing, Lubec, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 108702
"Southport" steamship at Five Islands, Georgetown, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative
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.
Site Page
"… The wharf was later taken over by the Eastern Steamship Company and rebuilt. Built in Bath, Maine in 1885 the Cumberland’s fate was a tragic one."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… About this same time, the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company launched weekly trips to coastal stops and then went on to Boston using its new ship…"
