undated
HAV-01-403-Z-L-404
GUSN-372687
Black leather photographic album with gold lettering. Cover shows embossed word "Photographs" in upper left. Pages are black paper. Photographs are adhered to both sides of most pages with some left blank. Album contains 87 black-and-white photographic prints. Most photographic prints are 3 x 4.5 inches. Several photographs appear to be black-and-white postcards, based on writing printed on the verso.
Photographs depict landscape images of lakes, waterfalls, mountains, streams, and wooded roads, several in winter. Some photographs are of homes, camps, farms, hayfields, and farm animals. Two photographs show the interior of a home with furniture and a fireplace. There are a small number of portraits of people including children playing musical instruments. Two photographs show large boats and their names Goodridge and Songo; possibly the steam ships that operated in Naples, Maine.
There are six photographs of people gathered in a town center, some include people in military uniforms and possibly nurse's uniforms, many American flags, and decorated automobiles. Several pictures include images of a monument dedicated to the soldiers of the American Civil War in the town square of Wilton, Maine.
Images of mill buildings, possibly the G.H. Bass & Company mill located on Canal Street in Wilton, are also shown. A small label inside the back cover of the album shows the manufacturer of the album with the words "Ward's Album for unmounted photographs."
soldiers' monuments
travel photography
parades
photography
indoor photography
black-and-white photography
mills (buildings)
farmhouses
farms
agricultural land
mountains
photograph albums
postcard albums
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
travel photography
nature photography
indoor photography
documentary photography
1 album, 50 pages : black-and-white photographic prints ; 5.75 x 7 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
PC009.316
Library & Archives Purchase
Purchase
Wilton (Franklin county, Maine)
Naples (Cumberland county, Maine)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
travel photography
nature photography
indoor photography
documentary photography
Album
Photograph
Album of black-and-white undated photography depicting Wilton, Maine and surrounding areas.
There are no restriction on access
Album was rehoused for long term preservation.
Pages are brittle and glue holding photographs is failing in some places. Tide lines are present on the covers.
Item
HAV-01-403-Z-L-404
Colzolaio Pasta Co. (n.d.) Local History / A brief history of the Bass Shoe Co. and our historic building. Retrieved August 13, 2025 from calzolaiopasta.com/local-history
March, Jon. Naples Maine Community Business, Heritage, & Destination Causeway. The last of the Naples steamers, the GOODRIDGE, was destroyed by an overnight fire at the dock on October 29, 1932. Facebook. Retrieved August 15, 2025 from facebook.com/groups/260646257710601/posts/1852636311844913
Wilton Historical Society. (2025, August 15). Historical Photos of Wilton. wiltonhistoricalsociety.com/historical-photos-of-wilton-maine/
Maine.gov. Maine's Civil War Monuments. "Wilton.". maine.gov/civilwar/monuments/wilton.Retrieved August, 15, 2025.
Wilton, Maine (July 1, 2025). In Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton,_Maine
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