Scene on the Penobscott river – Historic Print
(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.)
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This historic print of Scene on the Penobscott river brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Scene on the Penobscott river
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The record dates this view of the Penobscot River to about 1885, placing it in the heyday of Maine's lumber trade. The Penobscot was one of the busiest timber waterways in New England, and logs cut in the surrounding forests were floated downstream to sawmills at Bangor and other river towns, so the water was as much a working route as a scenic one. The catalog ties the print to a shelflist card naming E.P. & L. Restein, but those details have not been independently verified, so the maker remains uncertain.
| Created / published | c1885 Dec. 26. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 228374 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Restein, E.P. & L. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116844 |
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