One Man's World: Popham Beach, Maine

Name/Title

One Man's World: Popham Beach, Maine

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2014.48

Description

Book of photographs from James Perkins (1867-1935), a steamboat captain on the Kennebec River from the 1880s through the 1930s. While working as a steamboat captain, Perkins took up photography and his niece Jane Stevens published this volume of his images in 1974. Physical Description: Oversized, 34 cm.,131 pages, illustrations.

Collection

Maine History Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Moran

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2014.48

Source or Donor

Camden Public Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

People, Photographs, Rivers, Steamships

Search Terms

Maine, Phippsburg, Popham Beach, Bays

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

31896000551717

Book Details

Author

Perkins, James (1867-1935), Jane Stevens

Edition

1st

Publisher

Bond Wheelright Co.

Place Published

Location

Freeport

Date Published

1974

Publication Language

English

Call No.

Maine 917.4 Per

LCCN

74-76867

Spine Label

Maine 917.4 Per

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Wall

Maine History

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Oct 17, 2014

Examined By

Heather Moran

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Perkins, Captain James (1867-1935)

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2014-10-17

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Create Date

October 17, 2014

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025