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The Northeast by Eastern Film Soundtrack

by Sumner McKane

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Intro 00:34
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Summer Camp 00:57
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Slideshow 1 00:56
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Lost Towns 03:50
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Penobscot 00:44
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Dance Hall 02:17
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Rural 01:04
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Slideshow 2 00:34
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Vermont 00:45

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This is the film soundtrack for the film The Northeast by Eastern.
The Northeast by Eastern combines Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company’s comprehensive collection of early 20th century photographs of rural New England and Upstate New York, with archival film footage, interviews, and oral histories. Combined, these stories and images illustrate an era unlike any other in American history. Interviews and oral histories not only detail the history of the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co., and the postcard craze of the early 1900s; but also divulge stories from a quieter, simpler, yet stirring and enterprising time period. The audience hears first-hand accounts of smuggling during prohibition, of river drivers brawling for fun, of growing up without worry and without constant adult supervision, and of slop buckets spilling on tourists’ pies. These accounts are woven together amidst an exceptional backdrop of archived films and Eastern Illustrating’s exceptional work.

When Spring would arrive in the Northeast, the traveling photographer/salesmen from the Belfast, Maine-based, Eastern illustrating and Publishing Company would pack up their cameras, catalogues, and order books, and head out on the road, seeking buyers and markets for their unique “real photo” postcards. Due to owner, Herman Cassens’ business sense, and by utilizing modern advancements such as the Ford Model T and consumer photography, Eastern Illustrating and Publishing became one of the most successful real photo postcard producers in the first half of the 20th century. Between 1909-1940, Eastern’s photographers captured roughly 100,000 views on glass plate negatives. These views captured towns that are no longer on maps, towns that we never knew existed, our home towns, and they captured, thoroughly, a way of life in the rural northeast in the early 20th century.

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released August 24, 2016

All sounds written, played, recorded & produced by Sumner McKane

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I am a filmmaker and composer based in Maine, U.S.A

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