Keywords: Penobscot River excursions
Item 27778
Steamship Gypsie, entering the Sowadabscook Stream, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Item 101148
Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865-08-10 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
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
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
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"… overlooked the tranquil Hampden Narrows of the Penobscot River. Owned by the Stern family of Hampden, the park was leased by the Bangor, Hampden &…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865
"… by the First Parish, made the excursion down the Penobscot River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river…"