Painting
- Title:
- Saco Falls, Maine, Boston and Maine Railroad
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1993.008.058
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
- Place of Origin:
- Maine
- Date:
- 1873
- Description:
- Painting of Saco Falls, Maine, Boston and Maine Railroad, by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1873. Watercolor on paper. Depicts train crossing a trestle above cascading boulder strewn falls. Yellow mill building on right. Two people fishing off the bank on left. Man, woman, child, and dog standing in the foreground observing the scene. Titled in pencil, lower center: "SACO FALLS MAINE / Boston and Maine Railroad." Signed in pencil, lower left within circle: "Bachelder / Nov. 7, 1873." From Blue Sketchbook II.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-7.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Boston, Maine, Railroad, Saco Falls, ME
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