Keywords: barber's pole
Item 26667
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 8975
Looking east on Russell Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
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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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"Some of the stores had barber shops or pool parlors in them. Today there is still a sawmill in town."
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… 1960, setting up offices in the old John Trenholm barber shop on the left side of Washington Street, Highway 189, close in proximity to the future…"