RARE Hermit Charles Coffin Freeport Maine Hand Carved Wood Toothpick Holder Souvenir

Charles Coffin, the hermit, was born in 1894 and died Nov. 15, 1941 at the age of 47 and he was an artist. He painted on canvas, rocks and tree mushrooms. At the time he lived in Freeport, the Desert of Maine was a very popular tourist attraction. “The cars would be bumper to bumper going to the Desert and would get backed up, so the Allens decided to earn some money off the backed up traffic and built a cabin for Coffin,” where he would play music and sell trinket. Coffin although he was a bit of an eccentric apparently supported himself by running a novelty and curiosity shop that displayed his collection of guns, antiques and oddities. Amidst the collection, he sold folk art creations, painted handmade wooden flowers, oil paintings, and charged a 15-cent admission fee.

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