From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2010.9.121466
Bob's Trading Post (seen from a distance in LB2010.9.121464) stands at the top of a sandy beach on Square Pond in Shapleigh, Maine. It appears to be a general or convenience store and marine services company built onto the side of a two-story building with a stone foundation, perhaps the owners' home or a vacation rental; a second story deck sits atop the storefront. Signs facing the water advertise gas and oil (presumably for motorboats) and Coca Cola. A gas pump stands at the back of another deck adjacent to the storefront. Square Pond lies roughly 30 miles north of Kittery near the western Maine border. The shallow pond covers 877 acres and feeds into Mousam lake to the south. Numerous cabins and cottages cluster along its 10.8 mile shoreline; it's a popular vacation and fishing spot.
