Robert D. Linn, Confections Cigar Box [1880s-1900s?]
Utilitarian Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1997.68
Description
A brown cardboard box labeled 'cigars' on the back and 'Robert D. Linn, Confections and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos and Cigars. Try our famous 5 cent smoke. 129 Main Street, Old Town, ME.' on the front. The confectioner Robert D. Linn was born in Scotland in 1850 and already established in business in Old Town by 1892, when Holman Harry Flannery's mother Lucretia A. Currier married Linn. H. H. Flannery adopted his stepfather's name shortly after the 1900 census, later founding the Linn Manufacturing Co. in Morris, NY, known for the Linn Tractor. This cigar box was found in the wall of an Old Town house.