CREATIVE MAINE-TRADE BANNERS and the CRAFTS THAT BUILT MAINE By John P. Johnson and Kate McBrien

CREATIVE MAINE-TRADE BANNERS and the CRAFTS THAT BUILT MAINE
CREATIVE MAINE-TRADE BANNERS and the CRAFTS THAT BUILT MAINE
Item# ISBN_978-0-915592-41-8
$19.95

This book celebrates the preservation of seventeen brightly painted banners that were carried by members of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association in an 1841 Portland parade. In 2010 these proud emblems of the nineteenth century working class were threatened with dispersal to private collections and out-of-state institutions. Maine's cultural community came to the rescue by purchasing them at auction and placing them at the Maine Historical Society. Each color image of the banner is accompanied with a history of the trade it represents as well as historic photos, prints, or other related documents. Historical background on the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, the Portland banner parade of 1841, Portland's merchantile ecomony in the 1820s, and a history of Mechanic Associations in New England are also included. Paperback. 59 pgs.