B a hight (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Original orange, black, and white paper brochure with staple binding. Original vertical fold line at center. "B. A. Hight, Gorham, Maine Representing E. A. Strout Farm Agency" on front panel. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 3 1/2" x 8" folded. Twenty-four pages, complete (in this brochure, one page equals one panel or half of a leaf). Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and slight darkening on outer panels. A Near Fine copy. This is a promotional brochure encouraging settlement in Gorham, Maine. Gorham is touted as a prosperous agricultural center that is ideal for farming, dairying, and various agricultural industries. The brochure also claims that buying farms in Gorham is economical and affordable. Other printed text in this brochure highlights the town's schools and nearby colleges, churches, shipping facilities, roads, and economic prospects from industries such as meat production, poultry-raising, and crop cultivation (including apples, sweet corn, potatoes, strawberries, and hay). The last several pages advertise actual farm plots one could purchase in Gorham at the time.…