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Item 19471

Schooner Loading Granite at Hall Quarry, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Mount Desert; Hall Quarry Media: Photographic print

Item 29246

Granite column, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, 1897

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1897-03-01 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 17040

Dix Island Granite Company, Dix Island, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Dix Island Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 85112

Assessor's Record, 133-135 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Union Granite Company Use: Factory & Office

Item 85113

Assessor's Record, 133-139 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Union Granite Company Use: Shed - Stone

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151328

Garage and shop for New England Public Service Co., Rockland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1930 Location: Rockland; Rockland; Rockland Client: New England Public Service Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905

Extracting Wealth

Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.

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Riverside Hotel, at Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1910

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.

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W. R. Allan Residence, Dennysville, ca. 1910

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.

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard company, the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast, Maine."