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Village street scene, Deer Isle, Maine, 1906

Subjects
Street ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of Village street scene, Deer Isle, Maine, 1906, Charlotte N. Hansett, MA, USA, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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Back of Village street scene, Deer Isle, Maine, 1906, Charlotte N. Hansett, MA, USA, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A quiet village street in Deer Isle, Maine, seen from the road: a tall clapboard store or boarding house with a corner sign and a utility pole on the left, white and shingled houses with steep gables on the right, and a horse-drawn wagon standing in the distance near a grove of trees. The unpaved road runs through the center of the village, giving the scene the ordinary look of a coastal Maine community in the early 1900s. Deer Isle is a Penobscot Bay island long known for granite quarries and fishing. By the time this view was made, summer visitors and artists were also part of the island's seasonal life.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Though this is written a day later, guess you will get it as soon as mamma gets her letter — Uncle Lawrence.

PublisherH. P. A. Spofford
Deer Isle, Maine
PostmarkedDirigo Island, ME, August 11, 1906, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte N. Hansett

44 Sparhawk St. Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Dirigo Island, ME
PublisherH. P. A. Spofford
Series88271
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte N. Hansett, 44 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA
receivedAmesbury
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesUndivided-back era card; handwritten message runs across the bottom of the picture. Slightly textured, tinted litho stock with a faint white margin at the edges. Postmark: DEER ISLE MAINE AUG 11 1906 PM (also AMESBURY MASS AUG 13 7-AM 1906 receiving mark). Litho-Chrome (Leipzig/Berlin/Dresden) imprint, undivided back, white border, 1c Franklin stamp, light edge wear.

Cite this card

Village street scene, Deer Isle, Maine, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/village-street-scene-deer-isle-maine-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.