Over 30,000 Images
Welcome to the home of the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company archive. Since the collection arrived at its new home, the Penobscot Marine Museum, great progress has been made in the scanning and archiving of this amazing collection of glass plate negatives. To date, more than 12,000 of the negatives have been scanned, 35,000 entries have been made in the database and the collection has grown by more than 3,000 negatives! Additionally, a major exhibit of prints from the collection has travelled to three locations and is currently at the Maine Historical Society in Portland, ME until the end of the month. The exhibit is titled Maine Streets and features Main Street views from around the state. You can see the virtual exhibit on the Maine Memory Network.
You can also listen to an interview about the exhibit on the MPBN website.
