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Historical Items

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Item 9756

Leavitt Block, Sanford Square

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 105887

C.F. Brown's Store, Somerville, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Somerville Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 99126

Temple Heights, Northport, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Northport Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 37382

383 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Brown Co. Use: Storage

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Exhibit

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

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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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Where would we get our eyes checked and glasses in Lincoln if he hadn’t had a glasses store. Without the first jewelry store, maybe I wouldn’t have a…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… ensemble, is notable for iridescent hexagonal glass bead buttons and edge trimming, large looped up bustle, and skirt front with an asymmetrically…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… set with miniature cameos of either ceramic or glass. These buttons are not rare or of especially high quality, but are reflective of the era's…"