Keywords: lunch counter
Item 149929
College students at Howard's Rexall, Farmington, ca. 1963
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1963 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 102411
Noonday meal, New Portland, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide
Item 150539
Block for Mr. J.H. Fisher, Lewiston, 1894
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Lewisston Client: J. H. Fisher Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
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."
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.
