From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2010.9.120253
The Broadway Inn in Machias, Maine was orignally a farmhouse, a rambling wooden structure with multiple dormers and a large ell connecting it to a barn. The front and one side of the house are shown here; the building sits on a dirt road outside of town in the Downeast countryside. Large elms stand in the front yard, and a kitchen garden is visible at left. This view is very similar to LB2010.9.120252. As with another pair of photos in this series—LB2010.9.120249 and LB2010.9.120251—these two were taken at different times. In this earlier photo, the ell has not been renovated, as evidenced by the windows shown in the later photo but not here. The grounds are somewhat unkempt in this view; the paint on the elm trunks appears to be freshly applied. White or light-colored paint protects tree trunks from wide temperature fluctuations. It helps reduce bark cracking, and thus routes of entry for disease and pests. Dutch elm disease was newly identified in the U.S. around the time this photo was taken.
