Item 11501 - Brown Thurston, Portland, ca. 1895
- Item 11501 - Brown Thurston, Portland, ca. 1895
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Image Info Book publisher Brown Thurston was born in Winthrop on Oct. 6, 1814, and died in Portland, April 12, 1900.
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He published biographical sketches and genealogies of local people and compiled articles on the history of Aroostook County into a book. He also printed maps and reference works.
He was the first printer in Portland to use the power press, and he printed all of the schoolbooks for Portland schools for a time.
