Camden is a town on Penobscot Bay, in Maine’s MidCoast region. The High Street Historic District features 19th-century homes and Camden Public Library, with its landscaped amphitheater. The restored Camden Opera House stages music, film and dance.
Trails line the slopes at Camden Hills State Park, with views of Camden Harbor and the bay from Mount Battie. Curtis Island, with its 1830s lighthouse, is in the harbor.
These fascinating photos from Camden Public Library are from Theresa Babb that show life of Camden, Maine from 1898 to 1900. Theresa (1868-1948) was the wife of Camden’s Knox Mill treasurer Charles W. Babb (1863-1956). Their son Charles Jr. would become the mill’s longtime superintendent and president. Many of the descriptions are as Theresa wrote them on the negative envelopes.
Harbor Day, May 1898
Camden harbor viewed from the head of the harbor, May 17, 1898. The Holly M. Bean shipyard is visible on the left side and Negro Island (now Curtis Island) is in the background
Children at Lake City on Megunticook Lake in 1898
Construction of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott in 1898. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal
Construction of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott in 1898. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal
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