Keywords: tinsmiths
Item 29228
Pincushion Box, Zachiariah Brackett Stevens Tinware, ca. 1820
Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1820 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: Painted tinware
Item 9094
Coburn Hall Fire, Skowhegan, 1904
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1904 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
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.
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"He also ran a tinsmith shop, a store that sold metal goods, and an iron foundry that later became Bath Iron Works."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"… came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly across…"
