Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Postcards of lobster traps, lobster boats, and lobsters have been common for many years. Here Eldridge Stone is holding a lobster that probably weighs more than 8 pounds.
Stone was a colorful character in Port Clyde. He was said to be a rumrunner during Prohibition, who would take his boat out to a cove, sink it when the police were after him, and then raise it after things quieted down.
He also reportedly liked to make gifts to friends of fresh fish he helped himself to from someone else's catch.
About This Item
- Title: Port Clyde lobster postcard, ca. 1925
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Location: Port Clyde, Knox County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.113533
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company
- Postcards--Maine
- Photographs--Maine--Port Clyde
- Lobster industry--Maine--Port Clyde
- Tourism--Maine
- Fishing industry--Maine--Port Clyde
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