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Keywords: Licenses

Historical Items

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Item 51815

Barber licensing, West Lubec, 1961, 1961

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1961 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper

Item 135884

Grants of Islands under the Seal of Nova Scotia, 1765 and 1783

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1765–1783 Location: Halifax Media: Ink on Paper
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Item 29399

John Kilbourn Paper, Scarborough, 1852

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1852 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"Men and women with solid reputations were granted licenses to run taverns, but as populations grew this social control weakened."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"This practice became common and many European couturiers came to rely on revenues earned from licensing."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… included upholstery and the production of vehicle license plates. Inmates worked in gardens, first at a location adjoining the prison, and later on…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a merchant). The Andrew Smith home was owned by Tina Joyce from 1946…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The tradition of lobstering
by Sadie Samuels

I learned to fish from my Dad and will lobster the rest of my life

Story

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars