Maine Memory Network

The William Keith House, Thomaston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

The Overlock House, Thomaston, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Residence of C. Sydney Smith, Thomaston, 1877

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Client: Sydney C. Smith Architect: Stevens and Coombs Architects

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.

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect William Keith

"Architect William Keith The William Keith House, Thomaston, ca. 1960sThomaston Historical Society William R."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"Architect James Overlock The Overlock House, Thomaston, ca. 1960Thomaston Historical Society During the mid 19th century, Knox Street…"