Kennebunkport, Maine, 1911 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Kennebunkport, Maine, 1911 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Kennebunkport, Maine]
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Kennebunkport, Maine, 1911
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Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1911 was a seacoast village at the mouth of the Kennebunk River, a place that had long lived by shipbuilding and fishing and was now turning toward summer visitors. The town's shipyards had turned out schooners and coasting vessels through much of the nineteenth century, but that trade had dwindled by the early 1900s. Families increasingly relied on well-to-do guests from Boston and other cities who spent the warm months in hotels and cottages along the shore. The Boston and Maine Railroad served the region and brought these summer people in from the south and west. Fishermen, boatbuilders, and storekeepers still worked on the tides, sharing the village with seasonal residents whose arrival each summer changed its rhythm.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | smith bros. printing co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Maine |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,003 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Kennebunkport, Maine] |
| Reference | ME Kennebunkport 1 1911 |
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