Description
This colorized postcard showcases Water Street in Augusta, Maine, featuring brick buildings with muted awnings and a trolley track. The scene includes pedestrians and prominent businesses like Crawford’s Stoves and a restaurant serving oysters and soda. This charming postcard, published by The Robbins Bros. Co., dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
VES
STOVES
UNION MUTUAL LIFE.
STOVE'S
Crawford
Water Street, Augusta, ME.
SODA
BENNE
RESTAURANT
OYSTERS
Bussell & Weston Co.
Back Text (cleaned):
Post No. 10642
The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany.
IN SPACE BELOW MAY BE WRITTEN SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS (NO OTHER WRITING)
PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE
DOMESTIC ONE CENT
FOREIGN TWO CENTS
