Antique Cabinet Card Photograph. Depicting an early image of Belfast, Maine, circa 1880s, looking down Main Street. Photographer not stated. Measures approximately 9 x 7 including mount. Condition: This is an original photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition. The reverse side has been color-altered in order to be able to read the pencil writing on the black background. Comments: Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,938. It is located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay. Belfast is the county seat of Waldo County. Its seaport has a wealth of antique architecture in several historic districts, and remains popular with tourists. Named Belfast after Belfast, Northern Ireland, it was first settled in 1770, and incorporated as a town in 1773. The village was mostly abandoned during the Revolution while British forces occupied Bagaduce (now Castine). The British military burned Belfast in 1779, then held it for five days in September 1814 during the War of 1812. Eventually it developed into a shipbuilding center, producing hundreds of three, four and five masted schooners.