Maine Memory Network

Thomaston Garage, Thomaston, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Brackett's Drugstore Fire, Thomaston, 1940

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1940 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

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.

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."