Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner
Description
Portland native George James Barker (1889-1956) owned a Red & White grocery store, located at 550 Brighton Avenue in the Deering neighborhood of Portland.
His son Carl R. Barker, born 1928, sat on the pony. Neighborhood children came to the store on a fall day (circa 1939) for a pony ride, a reward for returning five Red & White labels.
George and his wife, the former Eva May Burns (1890-1980), owned and operated the store from approximately 1939 until 1951.
About This Item
- Title: Barker's Red & White grocery store, Portland, ca. 1939
- Creation Date: circa 1939
- Subject Date: circa 1939
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Locations:
- Rosemont, Deering, Cumberland County, ME
- Rosemont, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Children--Maine--Portland
- Deering (Portland, Me.)--History
- Grocery stores--Maine--Portland
- Immigrants--Maine
- Ponies
- Stores & shops--Maine--Portland
People
Other Keywords
- Children
- Cowboy hats
- Emigrants
- Grocery store
- Irish
- Irish immigrants
- Peas
- Pony rides
- Red & White Food Stores
- Storefronts
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