Item 66414 - Home of "Pearl of Orr's Island," ca. 1935
- Item 66414 - Home of "Pearl of Orr's Island," ca. 1935
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Image Info The caption reads, "Home of Pearl of Orr's Island, Casco Bay, Maine." Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, began to write the Pearl of Orr's Island soon after finishing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It took Stowe 10 years to finish.
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Stowe lived in Brunswick, where her husband, Calvin, taught at Bowdoin College.
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1930-1945.
