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9335Bass Harbor Head Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Printed in Germany
Bass Harbor Head Light
Item:
  • 9335   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Printed in Germany
6848Birdseye view of Manset, Me
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Stanley Fisheries Sluice from Ice Pond to Ice House
Birdseye view of Manset, Me
Item:
  • 6848   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Tags:
woman, hotel, hat, tinted, sailboat, wharf
Description:
Stanley Fisheries Sluice from Ice Pond to Ice House
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
6535Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6535   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
7004Cottage Street, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 PM
Cottage Street, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 7004   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 PM
State:
  • ME
8535Cottage Street, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
Cottage Street, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 8535   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • SWHPL Postcard Collection
Description:
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
12728Eagle Lake from Currens Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Lake
  • Vessels, Boat, Canoe
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
  • Eagle Lake
Tinted Halftone Postcard. Made in Germany. Date: Before 1909 – possibly an excellent fake of an old postcard Size: 5. .4375” x 3. .4375” Subject: Eagle Lake – Ice Harvest Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Original Printer: Unknown printer in Germany Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: One Cent – Two Cents foreignNumber: 27277 Postmarked: N "The device [wheels in a wood structure] set in a cove at the northwest corner of the lake, is part of a conveyor owned by a company that harvested ice from the lake until the 1950s. Part of the sluiceway remains on the lake bottom and can be seen when the light is right and the water low." - “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, 2002, p. 58.
Eagle Lake from Currens Cove
Item:
  • 12728   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Vessels, Boat, Canoe
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Eagle Lake
Description:
Tinted Halftone Postcard. Made in Germany. Date: Before 1909 – possibly an excellent fake of an old postcard Size: 5. .4375” x 3. .4375” Subject: Eagle Lake – Ice Harvest Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Original Printer: Unknown printer in Germany Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: One Cent – Two Cents foreignNumber: 27277 Postmarked: N "The device [wheels in a wood structure] set in a cove at the northwest corner of the lake, is part of a conveyor owned by a company that harvested ice from the lake until the 1950s. Part of the sluiceway remains on the lake bottom and can be seen when the light is right and the water low." - “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, 2002, p. 58. [show more]
6716Eastern Maine General Hospital and Penobscot River, Bangor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907 c.
  • Bangor ME
Eastern Maine General Hospital and Penobscot River, Bangor, Maine
Item:
  • 6716   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6760Entrance to Long Pond, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1914 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Printed in Germany
Entrance to Long Pond, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6760   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1914 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Printed in Germany
7024General View of Five Islands, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
General View of Five Islands, Maine
Item:
  • 7024   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
State:
  • ME
12525Girl and B(u)oy on the Maine Coast
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Object, Navigational Marker, Navigational Buoy
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906-09 PM
Girl and B(u)oy on the Maine Coast
Item:
  • 12525   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Object, Navigational Marker, Navigational Buoy
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906-09 PM
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
6709Hancock Maine, Main Street looking West
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
  • Hancock ME
Made In Germany
Hancock Maine, Main Street looking West
Item:
  • 6709   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 PM
Place:
  • Hancock ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
Made In Germany
6783High Street North from Dirigo House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Printed in Germany
High Street North from Dirigo House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6783   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Printed in Germany
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]
16233Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Text reads: "I did not give you either of these cards did I? If I ever send duplicates, send them back. Carrie"
Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec
Item:
  • 16233   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Text reads: "I did not give you either of these cards did I? If I ever send duplicates, send them back. Carrie"
7019Jordan Pond and the Bubbles View
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
  • Jordan Pond
Before Park Creation in 1916
Jordan Pond and the Bubbles View
Item:
  • 7019   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Jordan Pond
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Description:
Before Park Creation in 1916
16076Looking down Bass Harbor, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908-06-11
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me.
Looking down Bass Harbor, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 16076   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908-06-11
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me.
9333Lovers Lane, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Printed in Germany. Road to lighthouse.
Lovers Lane, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 9333   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Description:
Printed in Germany. Road to lighthouse.
9397Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 9397   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
7011Manchester Point from the Northeast Harbor Swimming Pool
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Manchester Point from the Northeast Harbor Swimming Pool
Item:
  • 7011   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
16078McKinley School, McKinley, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
McKinley School, McKinley, Maine.
Item:
  • 16078   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16049Mt. Desert Island, Maine, The Bubbles
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Mountain
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906-10-09
  • Acadia National Park
Sent to: Mrs. William Ward, Manset, Maine.
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, The Bubbles
Item:
  • 16049   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906-10-09
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Sent to: Mrs. William Ward, Manset, Maine.
16149Mt. Desert, Me. Echo Hill.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • People
  • Places, Road
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907 c.
  • Mount Desert
Mailed to: Mrs. Eldora Ward Manset, Me. Text reads: "That post card looks very nice in my large collection. Many thinks but please sign your whole name again so I won't have to guess all day. C.M.W."
Mt. Desert, Me. Echo Hill.
Item:
  • 16149   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Road
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Eldora Ward Manset, Me. Text reads: "That post card looks very nice in my large collection. Many thinks but please sign your whole name again so I won't have to guess all day. C.M.W."
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