Keywords: Eastern Steamship Wharf
Item 33875
Steamship in Narrows, Lubec, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 108702
"Southport" steamship at Five Islands, Georgetown, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Georgetown Media: Glass Plate Negative
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 Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2
"1890 Click on the picture and zoom-in for a closer look! Check out the kids fishing on the dock!Hubbard Free Library The wharf that was on the…"
Site Page
"… The wharf was later taken over by the Eastern Steamship Company and rebuilt. Built in Bath, Maine in 1885 the Cumberland’s fate was a tragic one."
