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Pulp mills, Madison, Maine, circa 1907

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

A view across a broad river or lake toward a pulp mill complex at Madison, Maine. Red brick mill buildings with tall smokestacks and drifting white steam line the far bank, backed by a hillside stacked with pulpwood logs; a small boat sits on the water in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Anna. — What is the matter? have not heard from a letter be looking to see [illegible]

PostmarkedPortland, ME, November 8, 1907, 08:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Rena Cinnamond

Rutland, R.F.D. LL.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Portland, ME
ConditionFair
Place addressedRena Cinnamond, R.F.D. LL., Rutland
Place depictedMadison, ME
Place mentionedFrankfort o/Main
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesUndivided-back era card; handwritten message written vertically along the right edge of the picture side; heavy white speckling and scuffing across the image; no white border. Postmark: PORTLAND NOV 8 8-M 1907 LL. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS"); Hugh C. Leighton Co. imprint, printed in Frankfort o/Main, Germany, No. 3187. Light toning/soiling; small crease at right near stamp.

Cite this card

Pulp mills, Madison, Maine, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pulp-mills-madison-maine-circa-1907. Accessed October 5, 2026.