Keywords: painters' shop
Item 27186
After the Prison Fire, Thomaston, 1923
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1923-09-15 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 28835
Sign painting shop, Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 36888
167-169 Clark Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles E Sawyer Use: Shops
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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
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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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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Randlett. The ice cream shop still remains, now known as the Dark Harbor Shop. Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls. Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they…"
