Keywords: Carriage makers
Item 36609
Saddle and harness makers banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen
Item 82168
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
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A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
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Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4
"In May of 1776, Betsy Ross, often known as the maker of the American Flag, reported that she had sewed the first American Flag."
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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby
"A carriage maker is a person that makes carriages. A carriage is a four-wheeled car that is pulled by two or more horses."
