History This Week

Touring Maine's History; News, headlines and commentary on current events in the field of history, Maine's historical societies and museums and preservation efforts. We'll also talk about some upcoming events. And we will have a historic person of the week, the Hon. Fred N. Dow, and some business profiles from the 1800s. This week we’ll look at three Oakland businesses, Hubbard & Blake mfg, the Mills Brothers Livery business and Stephen Blaisdell, a marble and granite works. Book review; Maine, the Pine Tree State and the tour bus will be stopping off in Freeport Maine at the Pettingill Farm. Plus we'll have the usual sprinkling of radio commercials from the thirties and forties, and a good supply of big band and swing tunes. We had a bit of a blip at the top of the show when my shock wave players crashed, so I apologize for that inconveneince, but otherwise we had a good show tonight.