Keywords: Tin Bridge
Item 31971
Tin Bridge train wreck, Bangor, 1871
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-09 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 33522
Tin Bridge Wreck, Bangor, 1871
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-10 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
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
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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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"… blacksmiths, insurance, a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower…"
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Tin plates came to the shop, undecorated ones for tops and bottoms, lithographed ones for the sides with the company name and brand."
