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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
10154Newport House, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Bar Harbor
6708Union Station, Bangor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Railroad Station
  • Chisholm Brothers, Portland, Maine
  • 1918 PM
  • Bangor ME
6729Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject."
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“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject." [show more]
7005Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
7006St. Marys by the Sea, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1910 c.
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7008Seal Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
6766Surf and Cliffs Near Portland Head Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Portland ME
Made in Germany
Description:
Made in Germany
9473Mt. Desert Toll Bridge on Thompson Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
  • Trenton ME
Printed in Germany
Description:
Printed in Germany
6757Portland Head Light and Surf
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1913 c.
  • Portland ME
12503White Head, Me. Life Saving Station
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1909 PM
  • Tenants Harbor ME
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
Description:
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
11249Eastern State Normal School, Castine, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Castine ME
  • 5 Pleasant Street
11176Northeast Harbor Fleet Dock
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1952 PM
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • 48 South Shore Road
12097The Musgrave Tea Tower on the Bar Harbor Shore Path
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Tower
  • A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor
  • 1912 PM
  • Bar Harbor
Postcard published by A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor
Description:
Postcard published by A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor
6234Yachts and Fishing Boats at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Boat
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Southwest Harbor
10937Ellsworth City Hall - The New City Hall
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Tichnor Quality Views
  • 1933 c.
  • Ellsworth ME
5603The Rebuilt Stanley House - After 1884
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1884 after
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 149 Shore Road
9199Dr. Willis Watson's Store, Bernard, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
  • Tremont, Bernard
The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
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The three most visible buildings - Left to Right: The Benjamin Benson II House - Tremont House Hotel - 125 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 54 The Guy Hamilton Parker House - 119 Bernard Road, Map 17 - Lot 55 The Willis Watson Store / Town Office / Columbia Hall - Map 17 - Lot 56 - building demolished in 1936 - lot now Town of Tremont
5890First Congregational Church and Parsonage, Bangor, Maine - Postmarked 1914
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Samuel Langdorf & Co., New York, New York
  • 1914 PM
  • Bangor ME
  • 10 Broadway Street
10729Eastern Maine Insane Hospital - Now the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Institutional, Health Facility, Hospital
  • Valentine & Sons Publishing Co.
  • Bangor ME
  • 656 State Street
Printed in Great Britain
Description:
Printed in Great Britain
6914West Tremont Methodist Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • W.M. Prilay, Pittsfield, Me.
  • Tremont, West Tremont
  • 735 Tremont Road
6827Shore View of the Eleazer Bartlett Homer Cottage, The Birches
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Southwest Harbor
6231The Ocean House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
This photograph shows the enlarged hotel. Postcard is dated 1908 and seems verified by the clothes of the people on the porch.
Description:
This photograph shows the enlarged hotel. Postcard is dated 1908 and seems verified by the clothes of the people on the porch.
6780The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
6821The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906
  • Southwest Harbor
6934St. Sauveur Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907
  • Bar Harbor, Eden