Tag Archives: Maine

Book: A Survey of Road Materials and Glacial Geology of Maine, Vol I Part I – June 1934

   A Survey of Road Materials and Glacial Geology of Maine, Vol I, Part I.  Published by the University of Maine. Subject/Topic:   A technical book described as “a survey of road materials of Maine – their occurrence and quality”. … Continue reading

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Book: Seaworthy, by Linda Greenlaw

  Seaworthy, by Linda Greenlaw Subject/Topic:  biography Format:   Hardcover. # Pages:  242 Published:  2010 Condition:  Excellent. Our Price: $4.95 plus State of Maine Sales Tax of $.27 = $5.22. Original Price:  $25.95 # Available:  One. Location:  This book can be found … Continue reading

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SOLD! Vintage Red Mirror

Our vintage red mirror is about 32″ high x 22.5″ wide at its widest points.  It’s made of real wood and is a good solid piece. The back does have what appears to be a water stain, but otherwise it’s … Continue reading

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Our New Heritage Gallery & Classroom – In Progress!

  As mentioned in our last post, we’re wicked excited to announce the upcoming Grand Opening of our expanded shop which will nearly double the floor space of our present shop… the Heritage Gallery will be open soon, right next door … Continue reading

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State of Maine Souvenir Ribbon Plate – And a Great History Lesson!

This lovely little souvenir map of Maine (8″ in diameter, excluding the points of the reticulation) is what was once called a ribbon plate, as one could thread ribbon in and out among the openings. Ribbon plates were most popular … Continue reading

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Maine Topographical Maps

Maine Topographical Maps We were thrilled to pick up 31 very old Maine Topographical Maps – some going back nearly 100 years – at a recent auction.  John has had great fun going through them all and cataloging each one, learning loads … Continue reading

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Holy Cow… What a Week!

Holy cow, what a week…. Spent the first half of it in Los Angeles with my daughter Jessamyn, where we were setting up our new space with vintage jewelry at the Sherman Oaks Antique Mall. Back to the east coast on … Continue reading

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When the Universe Gives You a Sign… Sometimes Ya Just Gotta Run with It

Opening a retail shop was supposed to be at the tail-end of a two-year plan for this business, which we started in August of 2014. We’d test it out, put items in various flea markets and antique shops, try eBay … Continue reading

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Corpus Mills

Gotta love voice recognition software. I opened a message I’d sent to myself via my iPhone (it was one of those quickies that’s intended to later be added to my To Do List) and was stumped to find the following: … Continue reading

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