Keywords: joiner
Item 26631
The John Swett House, Thomaston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 26630
The Swett House, Thomaston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
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
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House
"Captain Rider’s son, Thomas, was also a joiner, who, among others, built his own house on Wadsworth Street."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"… and apprenticed as a ship’s carpenter and house joiner with Robert Cushing. When Cushing died in 1840, Overlock, after building a house for himself…"
Story
How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings
Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement
