Maine -- Photographs

Black and white photographs of Maine scenes. Photographs are numbered and titled.

"The accompanying 47 photographs were made by Edwin Martin in an eight year period, from summer 2001 through summer 2009, and were printed by him during that time."

Collection of stereographs showing scenes from across Maine in the late 19th century. Locations include Portland, Mount Desert Island, Bangor, Moosehead Lake, Lewiston, Belfast, Brunswick, Augusta, the Katahdin Region, Rockland, Rangeley, and many others. Most stereographs are by Maine photographers. Subjects include natural landscapes, streets, schools, hotels, churches, public buildings, and industries such as lumbering and mining.

Enlargements of photographs from Bradshaw's books The Maine Land (1941), The Nature of Maine (1944), and The Maine Scene (1947) as well as 15 photographs of Bangor commissioned by the Bangor Public Library. The library displayed some of these photographs September 8-19, 1959 as part of the City of Bangor's 125th anniversary celebration.

Black and white portrait photographs showing people of Maine engaged in their occupations. Photographs are numbered and titled.