Keywords: Advertising
Item 4337
True's pinworm elixir advertisement, Auburn, ca. 1851
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Location: Auburn Media: Ink on paper
Item 100157
Swasey advertising blotter, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 58576
62-64 India Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris Lewis Use: Stable-Storage
Item 40130
1119-1121 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George Libby Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store
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
Maine and the Civil War - Offer for war battle images, Houlton, ca. 1862
"… and Art Museum Description A poster advertises the Pierce Brothers' Civil War stereoscopticon images depicting scenes from the war."
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
