Page 8. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2008
Waterfront News
MAINE STREETS: SELECTIONS FROM EASTERN ILLUSTRATING CO.
SEARSPORT – The Penobscot Marine manufacturing firm active from 1909 -1947. ing these images, digitizing them, and making riages. Telephone lines and electric wires
Museum’s exhibition “Maine Streets: Selec- Founded by Herman Cassens of Rockland, them available through an on-line database. begin slicing through the images as well as
tions from the Eastern Illustrating and Pub- Maine, the firm was, at one point, the largest This exhibition features remarkable diverse forms of signs and advertising.
lishing Company,” is currently on view at the manufacturer of photo postcards in the scenes of Main Streets in various communi- These images, and the photographic ar-
Carver Memorial Art Gallery located on the United States. ties throughout the state of Maine. Taken chives at the Penobscot Marine Museum,
campus of the Penobscot Marine Museum. The visual legacy of that company, more between 1910 and 1940, these images reveal offer a window into the Main Streets of our
The exhibition is open to the public during than 30,000 original glass plate negatives, fascinating glimpses into the architecture, past and shed a light on development,
regular museum hours and will remain avail- now resides in the photographic archives of businesses, people, modes of transporta- change, and preservation (themes still
able to visitors through September 28th, the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, tion, and way of life in Maine during the first prevalent today) in many of our communities
2008. This special exhibit will move to the Maine. The addition of the Eastern Illustrat- half of the 20th century. Though we are only around the state.
University of Maine’s Raymond H. Fogler ing plates to an already important collection a generation or two removed from the scenes For more information regarding the exhi-
Library for the month of October. of photography at the museum has created depicted, the photos document an era of bition or opening please visit our website at
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing one of the finest image archives in New great change. For example, numerous images
www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org or call
Company of Belfast, Maine was a postcard England. The museum has begun process- show automobiles sharing the road (often Pam Delehey at 207.548.2529.
unpaved, dirt roads) with horses-drawn car-
Full Marina Service Now Offered
on Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine Maritime Museum Gives
Last year marine gas service returned to bathrooms with hot showers, along with
Passamaquoddy Bay when the Eastport washers and dryers. Separate facilities for
Mariner's Award to Bruce King
Chowder House and Eastport Lobster & Fuel men and women will offer coin operated hot BATH – Maine Maritime Museum honored Whitefin, Saskianna, and Sophie, all built in
added fuel service with both gas and diesel. showers and laundry machines. The full world-renowned yacht designer Bruce King Maine, followed.
This addition at the Eastport, Maine facility service marina will provide service from late with its 2008 Mariners’ Award. King, joining In the 1990s, HETAIROS, a 125 foot
provided boats of all sizes with the services May until mid-October. Gas and diesel are previous winners, historian Roger Duncan ketch was built in Germany and
of the only fuel dock on both sides of the offered year-round by calling ahead at 207- and author and captain Linda Greenlaw, was ALEJANDRA, a 135 foot ketch, was built in
border. 853-4700. chosen because his beautiful and Spain. LIBERTY, an 80 foot communter-
Owner Bob Del Papa has now added This past year during the winter months innovative boat designs have reinforced style power yacht, and ANTONISA, a 124
Del Papa kept the gas dock open servicing and furthered Maine’s reputation for foot sloop, were built at Hodgdon Yachts in
Eastport’s and the surrounding area’s fish- excellence in boat building in a growing Boothbay. MARIA CATTIVA, built by the
ing fleet, the United State Coast Guard, Bor- worldwide audience. Royal Huisman Shipyard, was launched in
der Patrol, Game Wardens, Bay Pilots and the A celebration was held at the Museum 2003. Also during the 1970s, the twin,
RCMP. on August 23. retractable bilge board racing yachts,
“Given our unique geographic location Bruce King, a California native and TERRORIST, AGGRESSIVE II and
on the United States-Canadian border and Maine resident since 1981, is best known for HAWKEYE, were designed and built,
Eastport being the most Eastern city in the designing Ericson sailboats, the Hinckley creating a stir in the racing world.
USA, I promote that I am the First and Last 36’ Picnic Boat, and one-of-a-kind luxury Sponsoring this year’s Maine Maritime
Fuel on the Eastern Seaboard,” says Del yachts. In the early 1970s, Bruce combined Museum Mariner’s Award are Bath Savings
Papa. “ With fuel prices so high in Canada I traditional appearance, a fast underbody, Institution, Bath Iron Works, A General
welcome mariners from all over New and wood epoxy construction in his first Dynamics Company, Hinckley Yachts, and
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