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Item 22415

Tractor delivery, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 14471

Railroad small load delivery, Houlton, 1956

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 79697

Maine Baking Company delivery truck, Auburn, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1930 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

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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.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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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."