Featured Artifact of the Week

Souvenir Photo

Souvenir photo enclosed in a card frame. It was taken on Labor Day in 1911 at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. It features Lester (1885-1964) and Mary (Brown) Prescott (1891-1965) sitting in a mock-up of an airplane. This was two years prior to their marriage in 1913. They lived in the still standing 1752 Prescott House on 181 Main St. The house was in the family into the late 1970s.

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