Keywords: Printers
Item 36614
Printers' banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Portland Media: Oil on linen
Item 48370
Printers' Union badge, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Brass, celluloid, silk
Exhibit
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.
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources
"… Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and Livermore, Hallowell, Printers 1877…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources
"… Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus Annals of Warren Masters and Livermore, Hallowell, Printers 1877…"
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
