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1911 antique MAINE BUSINESS DIRECTORY w FOLDOUT MAP history ads genealogy
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Original 1923 Annual Register of Maine, a substantial early-20th-century Maine state yearbook, directory, government reference, business directory, transportation guide, and advertising volume. Please use the photographs for the exact dimensions/scale and physical condition of this large volume. This is an exceptionally information-dense Maine reference, running through at least 1,271 numbered pages, with extensive material useful to collectors, historians, genealogists, local-history researchers, and anyone researching Maine businesses and communities during the early 1920s. Size: 6.75 × 4.75 inches.
The volume contains detailed listings covering Maine state and local government, county and municipal officials, courts, attorneys, businesses, professions, institutions, transportation, population and valuation information, town histories, postmasters, schools, churches, merchants, manufacturers, tradespeople and other residents and organizations throughout the state.
A particularly useful feature is the extensive town-by-town and county-by-county directory material. Individual communities include lists of officials and occupations/businesses, often naming specific people and firms. The photographs show sections for such places as Portland, Brewer, Burlington, Skowhegan and Sanford, among many others. This makes the book an excellent period genealogy and local-history source, particularly for researching individuals who may otherwise appear only sparsely in conventional records.
The Portland section, for example, includes historical information, lists of mayors and city organizations, the 1923 mayoral vote, railroad stations, electric railroads, steamboat lines, ferries, postmasters and municipal officers. Other sections identify sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, bail commissioners, attorneys, tradesmen, stores, garages, manufacturers and numerous small businesses.
Also included is a Calendar and Court Days for 1923-24, with church dates and Maine legal holidays.
The transportation material is especially interesting. Near the end are detailed railroad and steamboat fares, routes and schedules, including the Eastern Steamship Lines, Bangor Line, Kennebec Line, International Line, Portland & Rockland Line, Bath and Boothbay Line, Mount Desert and Bluehill routes, Metropolitan Line, Maine Steamship Line, Vinalhaven and Rockland Steamboat Co., Eastern Bay Steamboat Co., Augusta, Gardiner & Boothbay Steamboat Co., Damariscotta River Line, Eastport Transport Co., Wiscasset & Boothbay Harbor Steamboat Co., Burton Steamship Co., Portland-Friendship-Thomaston Line and Songo River Line.
PERIOD ADVERTISING
One of the strongest features is the quantity of wonderful period advertising, including numerous full-page and large display advertisements, some printed on distinctive pink and blue paper.
Businesses visible in the photographed pages include:
Fred L. Tower Company, Portland – superior printing
Kennedy Real Estate and General Insurance, Brewer
R. J. Smith Auto Trimmings, Brewer
S. A. Davies, coal, coke and wood
Ralph W. Merrill, toilet articles and barber/beauty supplies
Switzer Water Co., ginger ale and beverages
Fay & Scott, Dexter – special machinery/lathes
The Eastern Gazette, Dexter
Littlefield-Crockett Co., Studebaker motor cars
Pullyord & Ronco Garage, automobile accessories and repairs
A. E. Conant, Skowhegan contractor and builder
F. C. Burrill & Son, painting and paper hanging
Coburn Garage, Skowhegan
L. L. Witham, machinery
Bowman Hardware Co., Skowhegan
People\'s Garage, Skowhegan
Sanford Tribune and Advocate
Sanford Garage, Inc., Cadillac, Hudson and Essex automobiles
Downs\' Insurance Agency / Downs\' Real Estate Agency
Sanford Auto Top Co.
Griswold & Conant, certified public accountants
Geo. G. Page Box Co., Portland
American Casting Co.
Lunt-Moss Corporation
Dyar Sales and Machinery Company
Acme Road Machinery Company
George H. Sampson Company, Ingersoll-Rand and dynamite
Berger Mfg. Co. of Massachusetts
A. L. Smith Iron Works
Anchor Post Iron Works
T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Art Bronze Foundries
J. J. Crimmings Company, dental furniture
J. L. Hammett Company, school supplies and blackboards
Eastern Teachers\' Agency
Fickett Teachers\' Agency
Corlew Teachers\' Agency
Fisk Teachers\' Agencies
Geo. W. Spence Co., stained and leaded glass
Portland Pipe Company
Loring, Short & Harmon, office equipment
There are also substantial advertisements for Maine attorneys and law firms, insurance companies, garages, newspapers, printers, machinery dealers, contractors, hardware dealers and other local enterprises.
An Index to Advertisers in Other States categorizes businesses by product or service, further increasing the book\'s usefulness as a commercial-history reference.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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