Keywords: street view
Item 60538
Bay View Street, Lubec, ca. 1905, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 31099
Balloon view of Saco Bay, including Biddeford Pool, ca. 1880
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Biddeford; Saco; Old Orchard Beach; Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 82189
Dwelling, View Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Harry L. Douglass Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 78366
200-202 Valley Street (rear view), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morton Clarence Use: rear view
Item 111598
David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
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.
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."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"Hence the name Taylor Street. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Horse and buggy complete with rider shaded by an…"
Story
Michael Reilly: preserving an iconic family business
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The story behind Reilly's Bakery, at the heart of Biddeford’s Main Street for 100+ years
Story
Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
