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| | | The picture shows a view of this 1905 Merchants & Manufacturers Exposition and Military Carnival Advertising Program Book. Shown is the cover, inside back cover ad, and some examples of the many advertising pages in this (50) page book. This MM Expostion was held in Portland, Maine from June 22nd to July 1st of 1905. The book is combined with Songs of All Colleges, Views of Portland, and the Automobile Register of the State of Maine (imagine that! all (437) 1905 registered drivers in Maine are listed! Only 99 years ago.) It was ''Under the Auspices of Maine National Guard and Business Men of Portland''. The pictures inside (in addition to advertising) include the following: The Armory The Marine Pier Longfellow Home Casco Bay, Maine map Surf Scene on the Maine Coast Longfellow's Monument City Hall Bug Light (lighthouse) Sebago Lake Peak's Island Union StationThe advertising inside include: New England Telephone And Telegraph Company West End Hotel Pillsburys Best Flour Portland National Bank A. R. Wright Company (coal) Portland Trust Company Loring, Short, & Harmon (souvenirs, sports, cards, maps, & more) Eastman Bros. & Bancroft (clothing) George P. Cornish (Men's clothing) Hall L. Davis & Co. (stationers) John J. Lappin & Co. (grain, flour, mill feeds, hay, & straw) Gas Appliance Store Preble House Anderson, Adams, & Co. (fire insurance) Turkish Baths C. H. Randall Co. (rubber stamps, printing) J. E. Goold & Co. (paint) Ladd's Original Dairy Lunch Catlin Bros. Portland Potato Chips Sawyer's Crystal Blue Owen Moore & Co. (needlework, chinaware, cut glass, toys, clothing, & more) J. E. Palmer Co. (womens clothing) Priest's Dairy Luncheon Maine Artificial Stone Co. H. E. Davis & Co. (plumbing) H. K. Johnson (carpenter & builder) W. J. O'Neil (custom boots and shoes) J. A. Merrill & Co. (jewelers) Vienna Cafe The Longfellow Gallery (portraits) Windsor Mineral Spring Co. (spring water) Harpswell Line Steamboat Company M. & F. Manufacturing Co. (printers & binders) J. H. Edwards (real estate & loans) H. H. Hayay's Sons (drugs & paints) Chadbourn & Kendall (woolens & tailors) The Lafayette Hotel The Chapman National Bank Lamson Studios (nature prints & photography) Portland Typewriter Exchange William W. Roberts Co. (stationers & postcards) Whipple's Bargain Store (crackery, glass, kitchen furnishing goods) George W. Barbour (watch & clock repair) Calderwood (Mother's Bread) Colonial Hotel Cliff House Smith & Rumery (general contractors & lumber dealers) McKenny Jewelry Co. Myers & Mahoney (plumbing) Castle Square Hotel The Rialto Cafe Coca-Cola (at soda fountains 5c) C. A. Vincent (real estate) Eureka Steam Laundry Flahery Bros. (plasterer) P. Ward (plasterer) Wm. J. Miller (plumbing) Minimax Foster Rubber Company Dr. Florence A. Covey (osteopath) Dr. Viola D. Howe (osteopath) Chase Fashionable Millinery A. E. Cornish (tailor) Grace Towne Butler (manicuring) Chiropody (hair dressing, manicuring) S. P. Nash Millinery Heseltine & Tuttle Co. (apothecaries) Casco Woollen Company Central Dairy Lunch F. E. Plumer (baker, groceries) Columbia Hotel The Casco Bay Steamboat Company Wallace E. Easton (optician) George T. Springer (watches, diamonds, jewelry, silverware) R. K. Gatley (plasterer) The Everett Chambers E. M. Flye (ladies hatter) Blackstone & Smith (masons and builders) R. S. Davis Co. (blue willow plates) Washburn Crosby Gold Medal Flour Portland Railroad Company F. A. Leavitt (awnings, tents, flags) Walter M. Lowney (Lowney's Cocoa & Chocolate candy) Orient Mfg. Co. (Orient Spray) The book measures 10-3/8'' x 7-3/8''. It is in good condition with some wear to the cover (as pictured) and a few pages. |
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