Keywords: patent medicine
Item 31178
Steeves' Maine Patent Medicine Warehouse, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 6547
Kickapoo medicine show, Fryeburg Fair, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photoprint
Item 66069
155-157 Noyes Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cora B. Barstow Use: Store
Item 116449
Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 116450
Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"S-5665 By the late 19th century, tonics and patent medicines such as these were popular cure-alls, especially with women."
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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer
"All Humbug, Dr. Clearwater patent medicine advertisement, Hallowell, ca. 1935Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Clearwater…"
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Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page
"… medicine, performed minor surgery and sold patent medicine. His proficiency in the field of obstetrics earned him the title of "beloved physician"…"