Keywords: advertisement
Item 10880
Taber Wagon advertisement, 1909
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1909 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard
Item 20160
Clothes washer advertisement, Westbrook, 1873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink on paper
Item 32146
335-341 Allen Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles L Hayes Style: Vernacular Use: Dwelling & Store
Item 58576
62-64 India Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris Lewis Use: Stable-Storage
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910
"This shows the Hotel Willows in landscaped setting, and provides details of the Willows amenities as well as the glories of Farmington. The card…"
Site Page
"… Farmington Public Library Description Advertisement postcard for a children's book "John Bunyon's Dream Book: the Pilgrim's progress…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin
The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival
