Keywords: Business Card
Item 10879
Silas W. Taber's business card, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Paper
Item 108749
T. B. Davis Arms Company business card, ca. 1900
Courtesy of Carl Lessard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Shelburne; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 37301
141-145 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William J Dennis Use: Store
Exhibit
The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
Site Page
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."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823
"… details in the drawing, including Card's Cove, Cards Brook, Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
