• The Famous Wedding Cake House Kennebunk Maine | Vintage Chrome Postcard (Eastern Illustrating)
  • The Famous Wedding Cake House KENNEBUNK, MAINE Vintage Postcard ©1970s
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The Famous Wedding Cake House Kennebunk Maine | Vintage Chrome Postcard

The Famous Wedding Cake House Kennebunk Maine | Vintage Chrome Postcard

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AT A GLANCE

Title:
"Famous Wedding Cake House"
Publisher:
Eastern Illustrating, Tenants, Maine
Type:
Standard Size Postcard (3 ½” x 5 ½”)
Subject:
Landmark house
Style:
Documentary, landmarks
Circa:
1970s
Print type:
Photochrome print
Condition:
Excellent (EX)
Color:
Glossy
Postcard:
Chrome
Photographer:
Walt Reyelt
Location:
Kennebunk, Maine, USA
Postmark:
Unposted | Unused
Notes:
Code #M1325 | KV8551-25; Deckled edge

Vintage 1970s postcard featuring the Famous Wedding Cake House in Kennebunk, Maine — one of New England’s most photographed homes. Published by Eastern Illustrating of Tenants Harbor and photographed by Walt Reyelt, the image showcases the house’s ornate Gothic Revival trim, elaborate scroll‑sawn ornamentation, and bright yellow façade framed by mature trees and a white picket fence. The structure is a celebrated relic of the scroll‑saw era and a defining landmark of coastal Maine architecture.

Unposted and in excellent condition with deckled edge, this postcard arrives in a protective sleeve. A perfect addition for collectors of Maine landmarks, Victorian and Gothic Revival architecture, New England history, and Eastern Illustrating postcards.

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