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You searched for: Date: 1900s✖Subject: Structures✖Type: Image✖Type: Picture Postcard✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
7003Asticou Inn, Asticou, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Sherman
  • 1909 PM
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Asticou Inn, Asticou, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 7003   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Sherman
Date:
  • 1909 PM
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
16082Bass Harbor Head Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • 1905-08
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Mailed to: Miss Anna Gott McKinley, ME Aug. 12, 1905 Mailed to: Mrs. Cora Bragg McKinley, ME Aug. 28, 1905
Bass Harbor Head Light
Item:
  • 16082   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1905-08
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Anna Gott McKinley, ME Aug. 12, 1905 Mailed to: Mrs. Cora Bragg McKinley, ME Aug. 28, 1905
6924Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • R.J. Lemont, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • 1907 before
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 6924   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • R.J. Lemont, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Date:
  • 1907 before
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
6994Building of Arts, Eden
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Building of Arts, Eden
Item:
  • 6994   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 PM
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
7410Ellsworth Courthouse
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • 1908
  • Ellsworth ME
Ellsworth Courthouse
Item:
  • 7410   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Date:
  • 1908
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
7021Hard Wood Factory, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
  • 1909 PM
Handwritten inscription says: "Please forgive me for not writing but will in a few days. Etta"
Hard Wood Factory, Ellsworth, Maine
Item:
  • 7021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Date:
  • 1909 PM
State:
  • ME
Description:
Handwritten inscription says: "Please forgive me for not writing but will in a few days. Etta"
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."
Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6729   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
“…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]
6727Malvern Hotel, Cottages, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The American News Company, New York
  • 1908 PM
  • Bar Harbor
Malvern Hotel, Cottages, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 6727   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • The American News Company, New York
Date:
  • 1908 PM
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
16148Mt. Desert, Me. The Old Mill.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1909 c.
  • Mount Desert
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily W. Haynes 12 High Street, Brewer, Maine. May 11, 1909 Mailed to: Miss Freeman Southwest Harbor, Maine, Post Office.
Mt. Desert, Me. The Old Mill.
Item:
  • 16148   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1909 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily W. Haynes 12 High Street, Brewer, Maine. May 11, 1909 Mailed to: Miss Freeman Southwest Harbor, Maine, Post Office.
7005Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 7005   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 PM
State:
  • ME
16091Ocean House, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1905-08-25
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Me. From: Lottie R. King
Ocean House, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 16091   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1905-08-25
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Me. From: Lottie R. King
12319Peaked Hills Bar Life Saving Station, Cape Cod, Mass.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City
  • 1900 c.
  • Provincetown MA
Printed in Germany
Peaked Hills Bar Life Saving Station, Cape Cod, Mass.
Item:
  • 12319   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
Creator:
  • The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Provincetown MA
State:
  • MA
Tags:
tinted
Description:
Printed in Germany
6703Pemaquid Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Boston Post Card Co.
  • 1907
  • Pemaquid ME
Pemaquid Light
Item:
  • 6703   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • Boston Post Card Co.
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Pemaquid ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
tinted
7022Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine
Item:
  • 7022   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • State Street
Tags:
tinted
6850Sabin Woolworth Colton Cottage, "Faraway," Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1906
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
Postcard has hand-written message "Aug 20, 1906 Mary Thanks for the card. When are you coming home? Yours with love L.V.M."
Sabin Woolworth Colton Cottage, "Faraway," Greening Island
Item:
  • 6850   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
State:
  • ME
Description:
Postcard has hand-written message "Aug 20, 1906 Mary Thanks for the card. When are you coming home? Yours with love L.V.M."
16114Sea Side Inn, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine,
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • 1907-11-14
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Mailed to: Mrs. J.A. Freeman S.W. Harbor, Me. Signed: Abbie
Sea Side Inn, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine,
Item:
  • 16114   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Publisher:
  • W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine
Date:
  • 1907-11-14
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. J.A. Freeman S.W. Harbor, Me. Signed: Abbie
7008Seal Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Seal Harbor Congregational Church
Item:
  • 7008   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
16115Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1909
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)
Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library.
Item:
  • 16115   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)
6934St. Sauveur Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
St. Sauveur Hotel
Item:
  • 6934   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
tinted
6732St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • 41 Mount Desert Street
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory
Item:
  • 6732   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 41 Mount Desert Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
building
7020State Street, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • J.A. Thompson
  • 1906 PM
State Street, Ellsworth, Maine
Item:
  • 7020   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Publisher:
  • J.A. Thompson
Date:
  • 1906 PM
State:
  • ME
Tags:
street, people, horse, carriage, building
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
Surf and Cliffs Near Portland Head Light
Item:
  • 6766   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Portland ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Made in Germany
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
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6780   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
9410The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1909 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
Item:
  • 9410   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1909 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
6834The Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 6834   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME