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Maine tourist postcard, ca. 1935

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Maine tourist postcard, ca. 1935
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Description

A Tichnor Brothers postcard promotes tourism in Maine with images of Portland Head Light, potato harvesting, the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, fishing and a moose. The postcard also features the Maine State House in Augusta and the Maine state flower, the pine cone and tassel.

The caption reads, "Greetings from Maine."

The Boston-based Tichnor Brothers publishing firm was founded in 1907 and became a leading postcard manufacturer by the early 1920s. It published this type of postcard circa 1930-1945.

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