Keywords: wall coverings
Item 18427
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Portland Media: Paper
Item 9810
Ouellette house, Van Buren, ca. 1850
Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1850 Location: Van Buren Media: Hand hewn logs, boarded walls
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
Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843
"To address the previous dark cave-like conditions, the plastered walls and split granite floors were whitewashed."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824
"George were employed and the walls were constructed by November 24th, 1823. A hospital, guards’ quarters and warden’s residence were located in the…"
Story
Serving in Vietnam with Richard Hershel Green
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
Don't get close to the new guy
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine