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Fishermans Island from the beach, Crescent Beach, Maine, circa 1910

Subjects
Beaches & CoastlinesCoastal SceneryForests & Trees
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Fishermans Island from the beach, Crescent Beach, Maine, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Fishermans Island from the beach, Crescent Beach, Maine, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

View from a rocky, grass-and-shrub covered shore at Crescent Beach, Maine, looking across calm blue water toward a low, tree-covered island on the horizon. Tall evergreen and deciduous trees frame the scene at left and right beneath a sky of blue with pink-tinted clouds.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This is what they call Gray dam East." Hope you are well. O.K.P.

PublisherThe Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Crescent Beach, Maine. Fishermans Island from the Beach. --- Post Card Message May Be Written On This Side. Address Only On This Side. Place the Stamp Here THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME, U.S.A. 27340 MADE IN GERMANY.
PostmarkedPortland, Portland, ME, Portland, ME
Stamp
Addressed to
Beulah Newcomb

Latimer, Iowa

Postcard record

PostmarkedPortland, Portland, ME, Portland, ME
Series806
ConditionGood
Place addressedBeulah Newcomb, Latimer, IA
Place depictedFishermans Island, Crescent Beach, ME
Place mentionedCrescent Beach, ME
PublisherPortland, ME
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesChromolithograph with visible halftone/grain texture; faint printed number '806' in the water area; light edge and surface wear, no white border. Postmark: PORTLAND NOV 4 9-PM (year not legible). Divided-back card, printed by The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME, made in Germany. 1c Franklin stamp. Light soiling/toning; front is a chromo view of Crescent Beach, Maine.

Cite this card

Fishermans Island from the beach, Crescent Beach, Maine, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fishermans-island-from-the-beach-crescent-beach-maine-circa. Accessed October 5, 2026.