Keywords: Postcard History
Item 28481
Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Bath; Richmond; Frederick City Media: Postcard
Item 16517
Stowe house postcard, Brunswick, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Center Street Postcard, Bath, ca. 1914Patten Free Library While shipbuilding and the waterfront were evolving during this period, the downtown area…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"Print. Postcard of 1897 Auditorium X Postcard of 1897 Auditorium With Horsedrawn Carriages X Photo of Handbill for 1906 Music Festival…"
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference