Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He invented an advertising match box, which he likely didn’t mass produce. He built and patented a boring machine, which was used in the wood turning…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"Among Knox’s correspondence is an advertisement that illustrates the ongoing discussions: “August 27, 1798."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… be thrown away were saved and there were many advertisements used to get people to save and ration."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"Rand Advertising LLC. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.lincolnmaine.us/new_history/history_downtown.html>."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The next day the Advertiser reported: The firemen paraded yesterday as previously announced. The apparatus of the department appeared to be in good…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"The Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser The Falmouth Gazette—the District of Maine's first newspaper—was founded by fervent separationists and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Hotel served as the basis for a lithograph advertising the opening of Portland’s grandest nineteenth century hotel. Hannaford Bros."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"On the other side of the building, above a current parking lot, there is also an advertisement for a cheese company. Masonic Parade, Bath, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"They probably wouldn’t get the business they did when they could advertise in the local newspaper. The newspaper was a way people could also share…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… of the great unknown...all this duly and daily advertised, not only brought fish to the net of Ezekiel Goodale’s “Sign of the Bible,” but brought…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Clark (Department Store) at 25 cents each.” So advertised the Lubec Herald newspaper in its June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… and endurance under water.” Bath Opera House advertisement for May 14, 1934Patten Free Library One of the most popular events was showing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location, and practical skills."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"1984. Print. "Methodist Church." Welcome to Lincoln, Maine. Ed. Lee Rand. Rand Advertising LLC. Web. 1 Apr. 2010. <http://www.lincolnmaine.us/>."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Rand Advertising. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. http://www.lincolnmaine.us/new_history/history_lincolnhouse.html"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… years she was the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser. After 1881 she and her husband lived in Tuckahoe, New York."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Society The new reincarnation of the theater advertised “air cooled” and “ample parking” along with the open fireplace."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Three days later on August 16 The Calais Advertiser published a four-page special section about the dedication and opening of the Franklin D."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… with the promise of “gorgeous fireworks!” in advertisements that also included band concerts and vaudeville performances as part of the “big…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… baseball game between the local semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… baseball game between the local semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… New Vineyard, Phillips, Dixfield are all noted in advertising for students in years as early as 1853 (Franklin Journal Newspaper) The Willows…"