Keywords: Advertising signs
Item 80804
Welcome to Mexico sign, ca. 2008
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 2008 Location: Mexico Media: Wood, metal
Item 13186
Main Street, Westbrook, July 4, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895-07-04 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."
Story
The $ame Band
by Mike Laskey
Maine's punk rock band, 1977
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
