Glass Plate Image Archive

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Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company

Home of the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company's collection of over 30,000 historic images of New England and beyond....taken from 1880 to 1940, the archive is now available for research, acquisition, publishing and exhibition.

The collection is owned and curated by the Museum, and one of our goals is to bring these images out of storage and into your homes, businesses, libraries, and public buildings.

The images are easy to access and our staff is helpful in finding and reproducing specific images for a variety of uses. These images can be reproduced in the form of digital and traditional fine art prints, as well as digital files for publication.

Each glass plate negative is individually cleaned, cataloged, and stored by our archivist. The plates are also scanned and added to our digital database, which is easy to search by location and subject matter.

Research

If you or your organization is interested in seeing specific images they can be scanned and provided for your inspection via e-mail or CD. Our archives are separated into geographic categories, making it simple to get a collection of preview images of a particular town or location, for a small research fee. These images are low resolution and for research and inspection only. Publishing licenses and fees are negotiated on a per use basis.


Towns

Town Images
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2 Addison 1
3 Ashland 1
4 Athens 1
5 Barker 15
6 Bayville 2
7 Belfast 35
8 Belgrade Lakes 5
9 Belgrade Lakes 1
10 Benton Station 18
11 Biddeford 1
12 Bingham 5
13 Blaine 9
14 Blue Hill 2
15 Boothbay Harbor 9
16 Bridgewater 11
17 Bristol 1
18 Brooklin 1
19 Brooks 2
20 Brookton 5
21 Brownville 6
22 Calais 13
23 Canaan 12
24 Canton 10
25 Cape Elizabeth 2
26 Cape Porpoise 6
27 Carrabassett 6
28 Castine 2
29 Cedar Grove 7
30 Chamberlain Cove 1
31 Cherryfield 5
32 Corinna 15
33 Cornish 3
34 Daigle 10
35 Damariscotta 16
36 Damascus 2
37 Dead River 7
38 Deer Isle 1
39 Deer Isle/Sunshine 3
40 Denmark 16
41 Dixfield 21
42 Dover 13
43 Dover Foxcroft 18
44 Dryden 2
45 Dunstan Corner/Scarborough 12
46 Durham 1
47 E. Boothbay 1
48 East Machias 23
49 East Orland 6
50 Eastport 4
51 Edgecomb 16
52 Embden 6
53 Etna 1
54 Eustis 13
55 Farmington 2
56 Farmington Falls 1
57 Fayette 1
58 Friendship 15
59 Gardiner 2
60 Glen Cove 1
61 Glenmere 13
62 Grand Lake Stream 4
63 Grants 20
64 Green Lake 3
65 Greenville Junction 3
66 Hamlin 2
67 Hampden 11
68 Hancock 10
69 Hancock Corner 3
70 Hancock Point 19
71 Hanover 24
72 Harborside 1
73 Harrington 9
74 Harrison 14
75 Higgins Beach 4
76 Indian River 8
77 Intervale/Auburn 2
78 Island Falls 7
79 Islesboro 5
80 Islesboro – Dark Harbor 2
81 Islesford, Little Cranberry 2
82 Jackman 67
83 Jackman Station 13
84 Jay 5
85 Jonesport 3
86 Katahdin 1
87 Keegan 10
88 Kennebunkport 1
89 Lake Parlin 9
90 Lakeside 1
91 Liberty 11
92 Limerick 5
93 Limestone, Caribou 2
94 Lincolnville 3
95 Lincolnville Beach 3
96 Lincolnville Centre 1
97 Machiasport 8
98 Magalloway 1
99 Manchester 1
100 Maranacook 1
101 Mars Hill 10
102 Masardis 10
103 MDI Acadia 4
104 MDI Bar Harbor 1
105 MDI Manset 6
106 MDI, NE Harbor 1
107 MDI/Otter Creek 1
108 Mechanic Falls 22
109 Messalonskee Lake 1
110 Milbridge 38
111 Millinocket 3
112 Milo 4
113 Monhegan 16
114 Monmouth 12
115 Monroe 11
116 Monticello 10
117 Mountainview 1
118 Mt. Katahdin 31
119 Mt. Vernon 44
120 Naples 11
121 New Harbor 5
122 New Sharon 13
123 Newagen 1
124 Newfield 12
125 Newport 5
126 Newry 5
127 No. Anson 5
128 No. Belgrade 1
129 No. Chesterville 10
130 No. Edgecomb 8
131 No. Gorham 2
132 No. Leeds 2
133 No. Lovell 17
134 No. Lubec 4
135 No. Monmouth 3
136 North Haven 12
137 North Shapleigh 5
138 Northport 25
139 Oakfield 3
140 Oakland 10
141 Ocean Point 11
142 Ogunquit 11
143 Oquossoc 4
144 Parker Head 7
145 Parsonsfield 1
146 Patten 3
147 Pemaquid Beach 1
148 Pemaquid Point 19
149 Pembroke 3
150 Port Clyde 1
151 Porter 7
152 Presque Isle 1
153 Rangeley 39
154 Riley 13
155 Robinsons 12
156 Rockland 5
157 Rumford Falls 20
158 Rumford Point 8
159 Sanford 1
160 Searsport 18
161 Sebago 2
162 Sedgwick 3
163 Smithfield 10
164 So. Lubec 4
165 Solon 10
166 South Portland 8
167 St. Agatha 1
168 Stockton Springs 5
169 Temple Heights 1
170 The Forks 4
171 Topsham 13
172 Turner 20
173 Unity 8
174 Unknown 1
175 Upper Gloucester 8
176 Upton 15
177 Van Buren 20
178 Vienna 3
179 Vienna Village 1
180 W. Baldwin 11
181 W. Durham 3
182 W. Enfield 14
183 W. Fryeburg 7
184 W. Gorham 2
185 W. Lubec 4
186 W. Newfield 10
187 W. Paris 20
188 W. Peru 11
189 Wells 18
190 Wells Beach 1
191 Winter Harbor 1
192 Wiscasset 12
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For information on the Collection, or to order prints, please contact our archivist, Kevin Johnson at: 207-548-2529 ext. 210, or