Keywords: postcards
Item 66122
Maine publicity postcard, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 66118
Sportsman's paradise postcard, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 151746
Adam P. Leighton residence, Portland, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Portland Client: Adam P. Leighton Architect: Frederick A. Tompson, Architect
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.
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."
Site Page
"Publishers promotional postcard. 1913. Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Advertisement postcard for a children's book…"
Site Page
"Publisher's promotion postcard. Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Publishers often sent postcards promoting their new…"
Story
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
