Main Street, Camden circa 1868

Photograph

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Main Street, Camden circa 1868

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2012.2.4

Description

Albumen photograph of Main Street in Camden, Maine circa 1868. The Chestnut Street Baptist Church steeple is visible in the background and the businesses of C.F. Hobbs and B.C. Fletcher are located on the right side of the street. Simonton Brothers is located in the brick building in the background, prior to it becoming the Camden Herald building. E.C. Daniels, merchant tailor, is located next to the brick building on the corner of Chestnut Street.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Collection

Gladys Fernald Young Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2012.2

Source or Donor

Gladys Fernald Young

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Cobb, C.E.

Place

Location

Maine/ Knox County/ Camden

Notes

Date: 1868 circa Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Business districts, Churches, Dry goods stores, Furniture stores, Roads, Sidewalks, Streets

Search Terms

Camden, Main Street, Maine

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

4-3/4 in

Location

Location

Container

WHC 2012.2.3-2012.2.9 Box

Shelf

Shelf 2

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 22, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jan 7, 2012

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Provenance

Notes

Found in estate of Gladys Fernald Young.

Copyright

Copyright Details

No known copyright restrictions.

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2012-01-07

Created By

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Create Date

January 7, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025