Item 66400 - Maiden's Cliff, Camden, ca. 1938
- Item 66400 - Maiden's Cliff, Camden, ca. 1938
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- Item 66400
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Image Info The caption reads, "A wonderful panorama -- Maiden's Cliff, Camden, Maine." This cliff overlooks Megunticook Lake.
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The white cross on top of Maiden's Cliff is a memorial to Elenora French, an 11-year-old girl who fell off the cliff on May 7, 1864. The story goes that she climbed the cliff along with her older sister, friends, and teacher when a sudden gust of wind blew her hat off.
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1938 as part of their Maine series.
