Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.
"Souvenir of Quoddy", a booklet of scenes from around Passamaquoddy Bay in Maine and New Brunswick, published in 1893 by Charles E. Brown at the Loring Studio in Eastport, Maine. The booklet was printed in Boston, Massachusetts, by John Andrew & Son.
The Loring studio was founded by Davis Franklin Loring (1819-1891), father-in-law of Charles E. Brown.
The photographs depict scenes from:
- Eastport, Maine
- Lubec, Maine
- Robbinston, Maine
- Pembroke, Maine
- Perry, Maine
- St. George, New Brunswick
- Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay
- Eastport, Maine, on Moose Island
- Cherry Island, New Brunswick
- Campobello Island, New Brunswick
- Allan's Island (now Treat Island), Maine
- Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Images of all of the pages appear at the end of this post.
Scenes include:
- a page with two photographs of the Eastport, Maine, waterfront, taken from the Bay
- a page with three photographs Eastport, Maine: the Toll Bridge, Goudy's Point and Carrying Place
- a page with four photographs of Eastport, Maine: Frontier National Bank, the Savings Bank; Boynton High School and the Custom House
- a page with ten photographs, entitled "Eastport of Former Days"
- a page with three photographs: of fishing boats; Estes Head in Eastport, Maine; Cherry Island, New Brunswick
- a page with a photograph of Pulpit Rock in Robbinston, Maine
- a page with a photograph of "Old Friar" on Campobello Island, New Brunswick
- a page with 4 photographs of Campobello Island, New Brunswick: Head Harbor; Herring Cove; Lake Glensevern; Meadow Brook
- a page with 5 photographs of Campobello Island, New Brunswick, including Friar's Bay, Harbor DeLute, Echo Lake
- a page with two photographs of the Lubec, Maine, waterfront, taken from the Bay or from Campobello Island, New Brunswick
- a page with 3 photographs of Lubec, Maine: the Landing; Looking South; Hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No
- a page with a photograph of Sail Rock, just off West Quoddy in Lubec, Maine; easternmost point in the lower 48
- a page with a photograph of West Quoddy Light in Lubec, Maine; from the rocky shore with the lighthouse in the distance
- a page with a photograph taken on Allan's Island looking south toward Lubec, Maine, and Grand Manan, New Brunswick - now Treat Island in Eastport, Main. The photographs shows numerous buildings no longer there
- a page with two photographs, of Pembroke, Maine, and of Perry, Maine
- a page with a photograph of the Indian Village at Pleasant Point in Perry, Maine
- a page with a photograph of Dark Harbor, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
- a page with a photograph of Southern Head Light, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
- a page with three photographs of St. George, New Brunswick: the Landing, the Village and the Falls
- a page with five photographs of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick: Swallow Tail Light; Southern Head; Flagg's Cove; Dark Harbor Bar; Southern Cross
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