Keywords: Riverside Park
Item 28031
Penobscot River from Riverside Park, Hampden, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Item 28026
Riverside Park river entrance, Hampden, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
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
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"Riverside Park was not unlike other amusement parks and resorts of the period. Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum
"… the skating rink moved onto land now part of Riverside Park and served by a warming hut that is now the support building."
