Maine Memory Network

Main Street, South Bristol, 1911

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: 1911 Location: South Bristol Media: Glass Plate Negative

Fraser Co. paper mill, Madawaska, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Madawaska Media: Postcard

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

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.

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Postcard of the trotting park in Blue Hill ca. 1910Blue Hill Public Library Once you step through the ticket booth, in front of you is the heart and…"

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…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.