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Wlbz Radio Station Records, 1926-2015, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Wlbz Radio Station Records, 1926-2015, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
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WLBZ radio evolved from the passion of Thompson Guernsey, an amateur radio buff from Dover-Foxcroft who began experimenting with radio at the age of thirteen. As noted in a piece written by Fred Thompson in The History of Broadcasting in Maine: the First Fifty Years, Guernsey, considered by some to be an eccentric genius, began with homemade receivers and transmitters and an amateur license granted in 1921. After graduating from the University of Maine in 1926, Guernsey began operating WLBZ as a commercial broadcast station from Dover-Foxcroft.
In 1928, he moved his studio to the back of the Andrews …
Ayer & Crockett Dry Goods Advertising Broadside, Edwin A. Ayer, James P. Crockett
Ayer & Crockett Dry Goods Advertising Broadside, Edwin A. Ayer, James P. Crockett
Maine Bicentennial
Large-format broadside advertisement promoting Ayer & Crockett's Dry Goods located at 32 and 34 Main Street, Bangor, Maine, ca. 1840.