Victorian Augusta

by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

Overview

From the 1860s through the 1880s, local photographer Henry Bailey captured all aspects of Victorian life after the Civil War in Maine's capital city. Bailey's rare stereoscopic images depict downtown Water Street, the industrial north end, Capitol Park, the Togus veterans home, and numerous public buildings, churches, and residences. Through these historic images, Victorian Augusta presents a view of the world through one man's lens. Most of the vintage photographs in this volume have come from the collection of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, which has acquired many Bailey stereographs once owned by the photographer and his family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439636244
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/10/2008
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	46 MB
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About the Author

A native of Portland, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. has worked in Augusta for more than three decades as the director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. He also serves as the chair of the Capitol Planning Commission, the State House and Capitol Park Commission, and the Blaine House Commission. In 2004, Gov. John Baldacci appointed Shettleworth as Maine's state historian. He is the coauthor of four other Arcadia publications.