Trade card for Firdale on the Hill, Orr's Island, Maine, undated

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GUSN-252062

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Hotels and taverns
Maine
Hotels and taverns - Maine - Folder 1
Trade card for Firdale on the Hill, Orr's Island, Maine, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Hotels and taverns
    - Maine
      - Hotels and taverns - Maine - Folder 1
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        Trade card for Cunningham's Hotel, corner Main and West Streets, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Kenney's Mountain-Near Cabins, Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the City Hotel, J.K. Martin, proprietor, Congress Square, Portland, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Flanders Bay Cabins and Tourist Home, Route 1, East Sullivan, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Jordan House, rooms for tourists, 17 Bridge Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Sebago Lake Camps, kitchenette cabins, Bob and Ruth Nelson, proprietors, Sandy Beach, North Sebago, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Locust House & Cabins, Route 302, Naples, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Whispering Pines, tourists, Route 24, Gurnet Road, Brunswick, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Eden House, room for tourists, Eden, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Higgins' Cottage, rooms for tourists, 18 Bridge Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Silk Cottage, rooms, 15 Kennebec Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for The Allen Building, rooms, apartments, suites, 115 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Leonard Cottage, rooms, 50 Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Madison Cabins & Restaurant, Route 2, East Rumford, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Davis Brothers Cabins, Irving and Laurence Davis, proprietors, U.S. Route 1, North Edgecomb, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Sunset Sporting Camps, Meddybemps Lake, Washington County, Calais, Maine, undated
        Trade card for The Carleton, Jacksonville, Florida and the Ocean Bluff Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine, undated
        Matchbook for the Tourists' Lodge, Unity, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Maynard's Camps, Walter H. Maynard, proprietor, Rockwood, Maine, 1932-1933
        Trade card for Dow's Tourist Home, Mrs. Alice M. Dow, proprietor, Route 2, 91 West Front Street, Skowhegan, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Old Homestead, guests, motel and cottage, Route 1, Atlantic Highway, Ellsworth, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Merritt House, G.E. Fides, proprietor, Route 124, Orr's Island, Maine, undated
        Brochure for The Atlantic, hotel, E.S. Trafton, York Beach, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Firdale on the Hill, Orr's Island, Maine, undated (current record)
        Tourist guide issued by Augusta-Hallowell Chamber of Commerce, Maine, undated
        Envelope for the West End Hotel, opposite Union Station, Portland, Maine, undated
        Brochure for The Ocean House, hotel, York Beach, Maine, undated
        Brochure for Sunnyside Cottages and Lodge, Ossipee Lake, Route 5, East Waterboro, Maine, undated
        Envelope for Maynard's Camps, fishing, hunting and vacation, Rockwood Maine, dated April 4, 1932
        Trade card for Wilson's Bear River Cabins, junction of routes 2 and 26, Newry Corner, Maine, 1940s
        Letterhead for Maynard's Camps, Rockwood, Maine, dated April 5, 1932
        Ogunquit Campground, Ogunquit, Maine, 1920s
        Business card for Downeast Maine Vacation Rentals, 276 Union Street, Blue Hill, Maine, undated
        At the sign of the Green Heron, Kennebunkport, Maine
        Hotel Pocahontas, Gerrish Island, Maine, 1885

Description

The Firdale urges tourists to stop and sample its clam chowder and souvenirs on their way to the Pearl House, the setting of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "The pearl of Orr's Island: a story of the coast of Maine." Davis' Big Cyclo-Panorama of Orr's Island, Casco Bay can be seen in a free exhibition.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
restaurants
souvenirs
authors
educators
abolitionists
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.062.03.01.025

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Orrs Island (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other People

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Subjects

Tourists

Description Level

Item

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