Keywords: billboard
Item 7869
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 148501
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960 Location: Bangor Media: Polyvinyl chloride
Item 63148
56-60 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: David Shwartz & Sons, Inc. Use: Store Building
Item 58576
62-64 India Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris Lewis Use: Stable-Storage
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.
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
Music in Maine - Country Music
"… in 1957, and over his career had twenty-two Billboard country hits. Curless received the nickname, The Baron of Country Music, after his 1966…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview
"… styles, angels, a skull and crossbones, billboards, and many other unique aspects of Downtown Bath."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Betty Cody, country music legend
by Maine Historical Society
Betty Cody is noted as Maine's most recognized female singer
