Keywords: Centre and Front Streets
Item 29011
Downtown Fire of 1894, Front Street, Bath
Contributed by: Jacqueline Sylvester through Patten Free Library Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 27885
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Bath; Bath Media: Postcard
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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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.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"It spread north along Front Street, damaging or destroying many businesses including Walter Webber’s Drugstore. Following Walter G."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"The Carlton Bridge is now only used for trains, and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."
