Works Quoted or Consulted

| Poland Water | Mansion House | Poland Spring House |
| Hill-Top Magazines | Town of Poland | Other Hotels |
| Contemporary Sources |

Poland Water:
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Poland Mineral Spring Water
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(L.F. Lawrence & Co., Inc.
Boston, MA., 1878)

Poland Water, Natural
Medicinal Spring Water
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1898)

Poland Water
America's Favorite
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(ca. 1910)
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Poland Spring
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1908)

Illustrated History
of Poland Spring

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Press of The Kalkhoff, Co.,
New York, 1914)

Illustrated History
of Poland Spring

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Press of The Kalkhoff, Co.,
New York, 1917)
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Poland Spring, Maine
America's Leading Spa
(Special Edition for the Universal Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904)

Poland Water Book
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(ca. 1905)

Poland Spring / Poland Water

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(English - 1918)
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Poland Spring / Poland Water

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Spanish - 1918)

Health Hints at
Home and Abroad
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1927)

Poland Water
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(ca. 1924)

Mineral Waters
Therapeutically Considered
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1931)
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Mansion House:
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Mansion House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1899)

The Mansion House

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1905)

Mansion House

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Press of The Kalkhoff, Co.,
New York, ca. 1913)

Bath Department
at Poland Spring, Me
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Journal Printshop,
Lewiston, Me., ca. 1914)

Poland Spring - Winter Season

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Journal Printshop,
Lewiston, Me, 1920)
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Poland Spring House:
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Poland Spring Maine

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Mills, Knight & Co.
Boston, MA; 1883)

Souvenir of
Poland Spring & Hotels

(published by Hiram Ricker & Sons,
Poland Spring, Me; ca. 1886)

Poland Spring Hotels

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(J. H. Bufford & Sons; Boston, NewYork & Chicago; 1889)
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Souvenir - Poland Spring
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1890)

Poland Spring,
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1891)

Poland Spring House
Season of 1892

(1892)
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Poland Spring,
South Poland, Me

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1893)

Poland Spring,
South Poland, Maine
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1893)

Poland Spring Centennial - A Souvenir

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Press of A. H. Kellogg,
New York, NY; 1895)
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Poland Spring House
Summer Season 1899
(1899)

Poland Spring - South Poland, Maine - America's Leading Spa

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Fourth Edition, 1901)

Poland Spring and About There
Frank C. Griffith &
Nettie Ricker (editors)
(1903)
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Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1904)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Elliot Press, Philadelphia, PA;
1905)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Elliot Press, Philadelphia, PA; 1906)
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Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1907)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1908)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1909)
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Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1910)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1911)

Poland Spring House

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY, 1912)
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Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1913)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1914)

Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1915)
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Poland Spring House
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(The University Press,
Cambridge, MA; 1916)

Poland Spring

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(Journal Print Shop,
Lewiston, Me., 1917)

Poland Spring
1921 Announcement
Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1921)
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Poland Spring House

(Press of the Kalkhoff Company,
New York, NY; 1928)

Summer in Maine at
Poland Spring House

Hiram Ricker & Sons
(1950)

Poland Spring - Since 1794

Clarke-Babbitt Industries
(ca. 1960)

Hill-Top Magazines:
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The Hill-Top
Frank Carlos Griffith
& Nettie M. Ricker, eds.
(Vol. 4, Num. 2, July 11, 1897)

The Hill-Top

Frank Carlos Griffith
& Nettie M. Ricker, eds.
(Vol. 10, Num. 11, September 13, 1903)

The Hill-Top

Walter Graham, ed.
(Vol. 19, Num. 1, July 5, 1914)
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The Hill-Top

Walter Graham, ed.
(Vol. 21, Num. 3, July 15, 1916)

The Hill-Top

Walter Graham, ed.
(Vol. 25, Num. 6, August 7, 1920)

The Hill-Top
Erwin D. Canham, ed.
(Vol. 29, Num. 5, August 2, 1924)
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The Hill-Top
C. K. Conner, ed.
(Vol. 30, Num. 8, August 22, 1925)

The Hill-Top

Ralph Morgan Blagden, ed.
(Vol. 31, Num. 3, July 17, 1926)

The Hill-Top

Ralph Morgan Blagden, ed.
(Vol. 31, Num. 8, August 21, 1926)

The Tower
Ada Taylor, ed.
(Vol. 40, Num. 7, August 14, 1943)

Town of Poland:
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History of Poland

H.A. & G.W. Poole
(Poole Brothers, Publishers,
McFalls, Me., 1890)

Poland Past and Present
1795-1970

Mary E. Bennett, ed.
(Twin City Printery,
Lewiston, Me., 1970)

Poland Bicentennial
1795-1995

Poland Bicentennial Committee
(Park Street Press,
So. Paris, Me., 1995)
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Other Hotels:
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Summit Spring Hotel
(Printwell Printing Company, Portland, ME, 1911)

Maine
Switzerland of Maine
Naples and Poland

Mount Kineo House
(J. A. Cummings Printing Co.,
Boston, MA, 1889)
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Yours for Recreation, Kineo!

(The Lakeside Press Co.,
Portland, Me.)

At Kineo
(The Observer Press,
Dover, ME)

Get the Kineo Habit
(The Observer Press,
Dover, Me.)

Kineo - Splendor and Silence
Durwood J. Ferland, Jr.
(Moosehead Communications, Inc., Greenville, ME, 1996)

Contemporary Sources:
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The Moses Bottle

Pal Vincent
(Tufts Bros., Lewiston, Me.; 1969)

Poland Spring - An Informal History

Mel Robbins
(Fourth Edition, 1975)

Poland Spring Remembered

George & Rose Ricker, eds.
(Poland Spring Preservation
Society;  1988)
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The Book of Waters

Steven Schwartz
(A&W Publishers, Inc.;
New York; 1979)

"Leisure in the Grand Tradition"

Jeff Clark
Down East
(Vol. 38, Num. 6, January 1992)

Maine State Building at Poland Spring: Centennial 1895-1995

Harold Dutch, ed.
(Poland Spring Preservation
Society;  1995)
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Additional Text and Images
from ephemera and
memorabilia in the
private collection of
the author.

 

Photographs:

Detroit Publishing Company Archives (Library of Congress)

Maine Historic Preservation Committee

Private Postcard Collection

 

Brian Harris
07-March-1998