Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
14362	Valentine & Sons Publishing Co.	Reference	Businesses, Publishing Business						The Valentine Company, a lithographic printing firm, was founded in 1825 in Dundee, Scotland by John Valentine. A New York branch was opened in 1906 and later another office opened in Boston, Massachusetts. Valentines published view-cards depicting scenes throughout the country. While many of these cards were printed in the United States in their later years, they have the exact same distinct look of the tinted halftones that were printed in Great Britain. All cards are numbered and have a three digit prefix and a three digit suffix. In 1909 they merged with the Hugh C. Leighton Company of Portland, Maine to become Leighton and Valentine.	Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Item: 14362    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Publishing Business Description: The Valentine Company, a lithographic printing firm, was founded in 1825 in Dundee, Scotland by John Valentine. A New York branch was opened in 1906 and later another office opened in Boston, Massachusetts. Valentines published view-cards depicting scenes throughout the country. While many of these cards were printed in the United States in their later years, they have the exact same distinct look of the tinted halftones that were printed in Great Britain. All cards are numbered and have a three digit prefix and a three digit suffix. In 1909 they merged with the Hugh C. Leighton Company of Portland, Maine to become Leighton and Valentine. [show more]
14265	Stanley Dry Plate Company	Reference	Businesses, Other Business							Stanley Dry Plate Company Item: 14265    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Other Business State: ME
14141	F.C. Weston Photography Studio	Reference	Businesses, Photography Business						Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.	F.C. Weston Photography Studio Item: 14141    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Photography Business Description: Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.
13883	Sawin's Cambridge Express	Reference	Businesses, Other Business						Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications.	Sawin's Cambridge Express Item: 13883    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications. [show more]
13694	J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond	Reference	Businesses, Fishery Business						“The beginning of the ice industry was in the 1880's when Capt. John L. Stanley constructed an artificial pond in the swamp at the back of his house, built an ice house, dug a well and prepared to sell ice and water to the fishing vessels at his wharf. He soon enlarged his ice house and he continued in the business all his life, enlarging and improving from time to time and carrying on an extensive fish business. Capt. Benjamin Robinson had a pond constructed on his property and established an ice delivery business in the village, which still continues being now owned by Christopher W, Lawler.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 92. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888.	J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond Item: 13694    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: “The beginning of the ice industry was in the 1880's when Capt. John L. Stanley constructed an artificial pond in the swamp at the back of his house, built an ice house, dug a well and prepared to sell ice and water to the fishing vessels at his wharf. He soon enlarged his ice house and he continued in the business all his life, enlarging and improving from time to time and carrying on an extensive fish business. Capt. Benjamin Robinson had a pond constructed on his property and established an ice delivery business in the village, which still continues being now owned by Christopher W, Lawler.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 92. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. [show more]
13596	Alvah Dalton Rich Blacksmith Shop	Reference	Businesses, Blacksmith Business						The blacksmith shop was across the street from the Jonathan M. Rich house. "In addition to the house [in SWHPL 6022], Jonathan wanted the land across the road that went with it so that he could build a blacksmith shop for his son, Alvah Dalton Rich Sr., (1872-1908). Charles Edwin Hamblen married Alvah Rich's widow, Evelyn Frances (Pomroy) Rich. Their son, Alvah Dalton Rich, Jr. (1909-2002) was born after his father's death."	Alvah Dalton Rich Blacksmith Shop Item: 13596    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Blacksmith Business Description: The blacksmith shop was across the street from the Jonathan M. Rich house. "In addition to the house [in SWHPL 6022], Jonathan wanted the land across the road that went with it so that he could build a blacksmith shop for his son, Alvah Dalton Rich Sr., (1872-1908). Charles Edwin Hamblen married Alvah Rich's widow, Evelyn Frances (Pomroy) Rich. Their son, Alvah Dalton Rich, Jr. (1909-2002) was born after his father's death." [show more]
12896	Power & Robinson Machine and Repair Shop	Reference	Businesses, Business Shop							Power & Robinson Machine and Repair Shop Item: 12896    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Business Shop
3463	Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location	Reference	Businesses, Carpentry Business							Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location Item: 3463    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Carpentry Business
3464	Fred Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business							Fred Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor Item: 3464    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business

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