A person with the first name of Goodwin photographed a Round Pond fishing fleet off the coast of the Pemaquid Peninsula. Initially, the image was captured as an ambrotype, followed by production of a tintype copy (shown here). Round Pond, a village in Bristol shares its name with the adjacent body of water, which empties into Muscongus Sound.
This tintype of a horse and wagon, in front of the Webber & Porter building on Main Street in Searsport, was printed in reverse. The signs in the background read "Webber & Porter." and "B. O. Sargent..." B.O. Webber & Porter was a furniture merchant, while B.O. Sargent sold tinware during the period.
A little over a century later, the space occupied by Webber & Porter would eventually become the Penobscot Marine Museum gift store.
The Stoddard House was a hotel in Farmington operated by S.F. (Samuel F.) Stoddard. A prime location for railway passengers, the hotel advertised within William Willis' 1862 "A business directory of the subscribers to the new map of Maine." The advertisement read:
"This Hotel, situated on Broadway, in the beautiful village of Farmington, the shire town of Franklin County, and the terminus of the Railroad, will be found a pleasant and attractive resort at all seasons of the year. Mr. Stoddard, with an experience of twelve years as landlord and proprietor, is competent and ever ready to attend to the call, wants, and comfort of company in the best possible manner."
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H.M. Fiske drygoods store, North Waterford, ca. 1865
This quarter plate tintype, of a man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon in front of the H. M. Fiske store, was printed in reverse. The business sign reads "H.M. Fiske," a dry goods store operated by Horace M. Fiske in North Waterford. In addition to the dry goods business, Mr. Fiske was also active in animal husbandry.
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Lufkin and Noyes building, West Falmouth, ca. 1860
A group portrait of Cyrus P. Church tannery workers in East Bradford. Church operated a tannery in east Bradford for about twenty years, when his son Charles took over the business. Initially known as Church & Plaisted, the tannery opened in 1852. It burned in 1867, but was quickly rebuilt. According to photograph historian James B. Vickery, this image is thought to be the tannery before it burned in 1867.
The Federal Style Unitarian-Universalist Church in Castine was built between 1831 and 1832. An ambrotype by an unknown photographer was captured some thirty years later, circa 1860. The image is housed in an elaborate plastic, perhaps celluloid, frame enhanced with a floral motif.
An ambrotype of the Foster Home at East Machias was made in about 1860. James Foster, son of Wooden Foster, built the house that is located next to Washington Academy.
The George W. Bourne House was built in 1826 as a classic federal structure with an attached ell and barn. Following its exuberant, ornamental embellishment in 1855, it became known as the "Wedding Cake" house.
This daguerreotype is a "before" photograph, prior to the embellishment added in 1855. A companion image also exists in the Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography.
A note on the back of this tintype reads, "This is the brick house on the Cyrus Buck farm between Lincoln and Enfield. Alonzo was born on this farm in 1836 & helped build this house in 61. He died in 1917 Nov 11. He would have been 82 in Jan 11 1918. This was written by his wife who still lives to mourn his loss. Apr 30 1918. West Enfield."
