From collection J. E. Perkins Collection
Unidentified yacht passing Popham
The steam yacht KANAWHA, owned by one Hartley Baxter, passing Popham village. Visible in image: A two-masted steam yacht passes the village. The Eastern Steamship Co. wharf is visible astern. Just over the yacht's stern is the Hunnewell's Beach Life Saving Station; to the immediate left on the hill in the distance is the Hotel Rockledge. At far left is Wood Island. The steam yacht KANAWHA, was owned by Hartley Baxter, the older half-brother of MaineÆs Governor Percival Baxter (donor of Baxter State Park). He was the founder of the H.C. Baxter & Bro. packing and canning company which was headquartered in six different locations in Brunswick and controlled a colossal commerce that managed factories and food-canneries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa, and parts of Canada. By the 1920s, this firm, became also the largest corn producer in the world. The Baxter canneries employed hundreds of Maine citizens from various walks of life and heritages.
