Historic Photos of Maine
Maine captures two worlds within its borders: the world of work and the world of leisure. Mainers live and work through the long, cold winters, short springs, easy summers, and brilliant falls. Vacationers delight in the rocky coastline, summer camps, mountain hikes, pristine wilderness, and wildlife views.
The rigors of living in Maine throughout the year have created a spirit of endurance in its citizens. Historic Photos of Maine captures this spirit of inventiveness, work, recreation, and integrity that are hallmarks of the state through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the era of the early days of steam travel to its role as a beloved vacation destination, Historic Photos of Maine follows life, government, education, and events throughout the state's history.
This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate the historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique community.
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Book details
- Text by
- Frances L. Pollitt
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 202
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- Historic Photos
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Maine history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · New England · local history · coastal life · recreation and leisure · historic photographs
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420018
About the author
FRANCES L. POLLITT works with the Maine Memory Network at the Maine Historical Society, an online statewide museum of historical objects, where she draws on hundreds of photographs from special collections across Maine’s historical societies, museums, and archives.
Pollitt holds a master’s degree in library science from Syracuse University, a master’s in adult education from the University of Southern Maine, and a bachelor’s in human ecology from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. She has lectured and published articles on the society’s historic map collection and presented at national and regional conferences on digital museum projects.
When she’s not writing, Pollitt has served as a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Palau, Micronesia, and at the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel.
Frances lives in Fryeburg, Maine, with her husband and two children.