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Historical Items

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Item 66127

Greetings from Maine souvenir postcard, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 66225

Great Head postcard, Acadia National Park, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 66147

Entrance to Maine Turnpike, Kittery, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Kittery Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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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."

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.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

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

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"One of the four statues at the base (Law) weighs 21 tons. The finished monument is shown in the color postcard."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Ice Castle in Presque Isle during Winter Carnival, 1937

"… Society Description This 1937 postcard pictures an ice castle in the town of Presque Isle built during the Presque Isle Winter Carnival…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference