Keywords: traffic sign post
Item 66108
Maine sign post, Lynchville, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Lynchville Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 79429
Rumford Post Office and Town Hall, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard
Item 52733
104-110 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Lucy A Libby Use: Store
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
Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.
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"… mph winds 1873 – 1874 • Due to increasing ship traffic Quoddy Head Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… and World War II: 1930-1950 As automobile traffic steadily increased after WWI, Bath experienced a number of highway modifications that would have…"
