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Maine cabinetmakers of the Federal period and the influence of coastal Massachusetts design.
The furniture made in Maine during the Federal period has long been overlooked or misattributed. Known as Massachusetts's District of Maine until it became a state in 1820, Maine attracted a number of skilled craftsmen, often trained in the influential design centers of Salem and Boston, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Working in small coastal Maine communities from southwestern York to eastern Machias, in the western hills and mountains, and in urban towns such as Portland and Saco, they adjusted their production according to the demands of their patrons and the local economy. Their furniture mirrored, and sometimes surpassed, that made in Massachusetts ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 9, 2003 700+ words
...Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--A Saco accountant accused of...for a number of southern Maine businesses. Baert is...firm Nov. 19, and left Saco. He was arrested in Florida...clients since 1999. The Maine Restaurant Association...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 15, 2003 700+ words
...Wickenheiser, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...A popular water park in Saco is headed for auction, following...1999, according to the city of Saco. The Hursts sold the property...summer attraction for families on Saco's Route 1 strip, operated...
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