Narrows, Saco River, Biddeford, ME, 1909

Subjects: Boating & Canoeing Forests & Trees Rivers & Streams
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1909 (Golden Age)

Back of Narrows, Saco River, Biddeford, ME, 1909, c. 1909 real photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Narrows on the Saco River at Biddeford, Maine, with several small boats on the water and wooded banks rising beyond. Biddeford was a textile center in the early 1900s, and the Saco River supplied power for its mills.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Many thanks for the picture - It is good & I expect to go to school this winter - hope I will like it with best wishes sincerely Marion

PostmarkedAugust 7, 1909

Addressed to

Miss Alice Lamson

Drawer P Williamslow

FromBox 113, Old Orchard, ME

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 7, 1909
Publisher	Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
Series	79.
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss Alice Lamson, Drawer P, Williamslow
Place depicted	Saco River, ME
Place depicted	Biddeford, ME
Publisher	Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast, ME
Place sent from	Box 113, Old Orchard, ME
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	10c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Sepia real-photo image with white printed caption 'NARROWS, SACO RIVER, BIDDEFORD ME.'; surface scratches, spots, and a dark blemish upper left; no white border. Postmark: AUG 7 1909 (machine cancel/wavy lines over stamp). Divided-back real-photo card; Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. (Belfast, ME) imprint. Pencil dealer mark 'RMLJ 8-' at top. Stains on left side.

Cite this card

Narrows, Saco River, Biddeford, ME, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/narrows-saco-river-biddeford-me-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.