Casco Bay and Harpswell Lines connecting Portland Maine with the islands and mainland shores of Casco Bay, Portland, Maine

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Date

1913

GUSN

GUSN-332514

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Transportation
General
Transportation - General - Folder 2
Casco Bay and Harpswell Lines connecting Portland Maine with the islands and mainland shores of Casco Bay, Portland, Maine
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Transportation
    - General
      - Transportation - General - Folder 2
        Ticket Belfast and Moosehead Lake Rail Road Company, Belfast, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the steamer Nelly Baker, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the steamer Lady Woodsum, D. & F.M. Woodsum, proprietors, Lake Sunapee, Sunapee, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for the Auto School of N.H., 8 Hanover Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for the New England Auto Boat Sales Co., 280 Main Street, Room 315, Park Bldg., Fitchburg, Mass., undated
        Luggage tag for Greyhound Bus Company, location unknown, undated
        Life-line of the nation, American railroads, stamps, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the Belle of Newport, Ocean House Stables, Newport, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the New York & New England Rail Road, 322 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Norwich Line between Boston and New York, via the New York & New England Railroad, 322 Washington Street and depot foot of Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Abbot Downing Company, Concord and Manchester, New Hampshire, 1875
        Trade card for the Beacon Motor Car Co., 660 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Gardner J. Sanborn, manufacturer of lumber and express wagons, North Danville, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for George B. Hilborn, the largest and best livery in Gorham, Gorham, New Hampshire, undated
        Luggage tag for Geo. R. Cummings, dealer in shingles, horses, carriages, sleighs, South Acworth, New Hampshire, undated
        Holder for The New Haven Rail Road, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for the Green Mountain Railway, Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, undated
        Trade card for the Rice Carriage Spring Co., Rice Coil Spring, Pittston, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Wolf's Head Motor Oil, location unknown, 1954
        White Star Line's grand winter cruise, The Beekman Tourist Co., agents, 336 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1909
        Route of the Minute Men, April 19th, 1775, Lexington, Concord, Bedford, Lowell, Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company, 797 Washington Street, Newtonville, Mass., undated
        Receipt for the Bennington & Rutland Railway Co., Dr., dated September 3, 1898
        Map, issued by Passenger Department, Bay State Street Railway Co., 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Aerial view map showing territory covered by the lines of the Bay State Street Railway Co. and their connections, issued by the Passenger Department, Bay State Street Railway Co., 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1912
        Trolley trips, Bay State Street Railroad Company, 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1912
        Casco Bay and Harpswell Lines connecting Portland Maine with the islands and mainland shores of Casco Bay, Portland, Maine (current record)
        Day trips between Boston and the far famed Nantasket Beach and historic Plymouth, Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company, Rowe's Wharf, 340 Atlantic Avenue, junction of Broad and High Streets, office, 7 Rowe's Wharf, Boston, Mass.
        Narragansett Pier, the ideal seaside resort, published by the Passenger Department, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., New York, New York
        Quaint Cape Cod and its summer delights, by H.C. Brown, issued by the Passenger Department, New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Boston, Mass.
        List of saloon passengers, R.M.S. Scythia, Boston to Liverpool, July 21st, 1887, Cunard Steam Ship Company, Ltd.
        Ticket for West End Street Railway Co., Boston, Mass.
        Trade card for Sea View Filling Station, Broadway at North Main Street, Rockland, Maine, circa 1920
        The new Orange Line opening pamphlet, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Mass., 1987

Description

A description of the ferry lines is provided with information on ticket prices, hotel rates and a map. Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary's home on Eagle Island is shown in a photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
transportation
steamboats
ferries
timetables
hotels (public accommodations)
boardinghouses
travel
islands
tourism
explorers
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations ; 9 x 4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.117.01.02.026

Image Dimensions

9 x 4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Received from Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)
Casco Bay (Cumberland county, Maine) [bay]

Record Details

Originator

Casco Bay and Harpswell Steamboat Company (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets

Other People

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920

Subjects

Tourists
Arctic regions
Discoveries in geography
Dogs

Description Level

Item

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