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Description
The seven mile long beach stretching away from the downtown is lined with many beach residential properties, condominiums, motels, bed and breakfasts, an amusement park and a pier.
Three versions of the Pier were constructed by man and modified by nature. The first, was built in 1898 with a casino and a ballroom at the end. Shortly after its completion a storm reduced its length, as was the second pier. The third incarnation of the pier was built in 1980 is still in use as of 2012. The pier is lined with souvenir shops, fair style foods, and a night club.
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938 as part of their Maine series. These, and other postcards, by the Tichnor Brothers Company are officially known as the Tichnor Gloss Series because the photographs were notoriously retouched on such a level that does not allow the postcards to be classified as photographs or paintings. The caption reads, "Casino & Pier, Old Orchard Beach, Me."
About This Item
- Title: Casino & Pier, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1928
- Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
- Creation Date: circa 1928
- Subject Date: circa 1928
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Postcards--Maine
- Piers & wharves--Maine--Old Orchard
- Sports & recreation facilities--Maine--Old Orchard
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