Keywords: Harbor views
Item 71154
Bird's-eye view of Boothbay Harbor, 1885
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1885 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Ink on paper, lithograph
Item 19219
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor; Northeast Harbor Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
Story
Ted Truman (Throumoulos): A treasure trove of stories
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A son of Greek immigrants’ insight into his entrepreneurial family, culture and life experiences
