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Description
The caption reads, "Fort Western and Block House, built 1754, Augusta, Maine." Fort Western was built as a trading post along the Kennebec River.
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard about 1930-1945. It was part of the Tichnor Brothers Maine series of postcards that they created to bolster tourism, in Maine.
About This Item
- Title: Fort Western and Block House, Augusta, ca. 1938
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1938
- Subject Date: circa 1938
- Location: Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Linen texture postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Advertising--1930-1945
- Fort Western (Augusta, Me.)
- Forts & fortifications--Maine--Augusta
- Fortification--Maine--Augusta
- Plymouth Company, 1749-1816--Facilities
- Postcards--Maine
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