Camden is a town on Penobscot Bay, in Maine’s MidCoast region. The High Street Historic District features 19th-century homes and Camden Public Library, with its landscaped amphitheater. The restored Camden Opera House stages music, film and dance.
Trails line the slopes at Camden Hills State Park, with views of Camden Harbor and the bay from Mount Battie. Curtis Island, with its 1830s lighthouse, is in the harbor.
These fascinating photos from
Camden Public Library are from Theresa Babb that show life of Camden, Maine from 1898 to 1900. Theresa (1868-1948) was the wife of Camden’s Knox Mill treasurer Charles W. Babb (1863-1956). Their son Charles Jr. would become the mill’s longtime superintendent and president. Many of the descriptions are as Theresa wrote them on the negative envelopes.
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Harbor Day, May 1898 |
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Camden harbor viewed from the head of the harbor, May 17, 1898. The Holly M. Bean shipyard is visible on the left side and Negro Island (now Curtis Island) is in the background |
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Children at Lake City on Megunticook Lake in 1898 |
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Construction of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott in 1898. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal |
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Construction of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott in 1898. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal |
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Four friends of Theresa Babb sitting on the porch of the Summit House on Mt. Battie in August 1898 |
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Friends and family of Theresa Babb perched on a ladder by the Summit House swing on August 17, 1898. Her sister Grace Parker is at the top of the ladder |
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Friends and family of Theresa Babb riding the hayrack to Lake City in 1898. Some are costumed in older style clothing and the wagon is heavily decorated with flags; perhaps a 4th of July celebration? |
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Norumbega estate on High Street in Camden; home of Joseph Stearns, circa 1898 |
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Skiffs at Lake City, Megunticook Lake, August 1898 |
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The Ogier house on Pearl Street in 1898 |
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View of 69 Elm Street in Camden, circa 1898 |
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View of Camden and the harbor from the summit of Mt. Battie in June 1898 |
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View of Camden village and Bayview Street from across the harbor at Sea Street, May 26, 1898 |
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View of Main Street in Camden, looking south toward Elm Street in July 1898 |
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"Camping crowd at Ogier Point", circa 1899 |
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"Working bee at Lake City", circa 1899. Lake City was located at Megunticook Lake in Camden |
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Boating at Lake City on Megunticook Lake in August 1899 |
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Children wading at Lake City on Megunticook Lake in August 1899 |
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Clement Whitcomb on Washington Street, in front of the "Old Ladies Home" in May 1899 |
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Eastern Steamship Company wharf at the end of Sea Street in Camden as viewed from the schooner John B. Prescott in 1899. Negro (now Curtis) Island is visible in the background |
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Group with camera seated on Maiden's Cliff, October 1899 |
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Launching of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott on January 13, 1899. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal |
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Launching of the 5-masted schooner John B. Prescott on January 13, 1899. The largest schooner in the world at that time, she was built to carry 4300 tons of coal |
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Launching of the schooner "Anna Murray" from the Holly M. Bean shipyard in July 1899 |
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The 5-masted schooner "Jennie French Potter" was 257 feet long and was launched from the Bean yard in 1899. It dwarfs the passenger steamship and skiff next to her |
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The 5-masted schooner "Jennie French Potter" was 257 feet long and was launched from the Bean yard in 1899 |
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The Methodist Church at the corner of Mountain and Main Street. The Universalist Church is visible behind it on Central Street, circa 1899 |
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Two people in George Burd's shoe store on Main Street in Camden in 1899. The man may be George Burd |
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View of the head of the harbor from Sea Street in December 1899. The L-shaped Ocean House hotel is visible in the left background. The Camden Public Library is now located on the hotel site |
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Woman walking along Turnpike Drive (now Rt. 52) in October 1899. She is carrying a camera and has a dog and bicycle with her |
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Woman walking along Turnpike Drive (now Rt. 52) in October 1899. She is carrying a camera and has a dog and bicycle with her |
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Camping at Ogier Point, 1900 |
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Camping crowd at Ogier Point, 1900. Theresa Babb is on the far left |
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Camping crowd at Ogier Point, August 1900. Theresa's sister Grace Parker is on the right with the tennis racket, and Father Brown is seated in back with white hair |
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Group of family and friends of Theresa Babb having a picnic on Ogier Point in July 1900. Theresa's sister Grace is in the middle with the white hat, and their mother Mrs. Parker is at the far top right |
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Group of family and friends of Theresa Babb having a picnic on Ogier Point in July 1900 |
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Miss Merriam at Sherman's Point, 1900 |
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Mr. Greenwood in the office of the Knox Woolen Company, August 1900 |
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Negro Island lighthouse viewed from Ogier Point in 1900 |
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Picnic at Sherman's Point in Camden in 1900. Theresa is seated in front |
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Picnic at Sherman's Point, 1900. Theresa is 2nd from the left holding a bottle |
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Swimming at Lake City as viewed from Dudley Talbot's lot, circa 1900 |
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The 6-masted schooner George W. Wells, built in 1900 at the Bean shipyard, was perhaps the most famous vessel to be constructed in Camden and the first 6-master built in the world |
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The 6-masted schooner George W. Wells, built in 1900 at the Bean shipyard, was perhaps the most famous vessel to be constructed in Camden and the first 6-master built in the world |
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The 6-masted schooner George W. Wells, built in 1900 at the Bean shipyard, was perhaps the most famous vessel to be constructed in Camden and the first 6-master built in the world |
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The schooner "Maggie Alice" docked behind another coaster at the lumberyard or lime kiln in Camden in August 1900. The Jacobs kiln was located on the current site of the Camden Yacht Club |
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Two unidentified women seated near Beauchamp Point, October 1900. Indian Island lighthouse is visible in the background. Labeled "Whitcomb and Duffy in foreground" |
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Two women seated near the beach on Megunticook Lake in September 1900 |
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View down Union Street toward the center of town showing wooden sidewalks, dirt roads and trolley tracks in 1900 |
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Waterfall at the Knox Mill photographed March 1, 1900 after a heavy rain |
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Woman by the Chatfield cottage in Rockport, October 1900 |
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Young boy seated on the rocks at Megunticook Lake on July 8, 1900 |
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