Keywords: Horse and buggy, Agricultural exhibits
Item 5493
Pembroke agricultural fair, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Pembroke Media: Photographic print
Item 27449
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
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.
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.
