Revisit a simpler time with this faithful reproduction of a traveler's souvenir. If you vacationed in the beautiful "down east" coastal region of Maine in the 1940s, you could have picked up Ernest Bisbee's souvenir "scrap book." Chock-full of information about the early history and natural splendor of the area, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos and drawings of scenic beauty, it surely provided hours of engrossing reading in cabins, cottages, tents, and motels.
Ernest Bisbee, born in 1880, was a Lancaster, New Hampshire, farmer who supplemented his income by opening a print shop. Fascinated with American history, he created a handful of charming "scrap books" before his death in 1950.