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A handbill advertising Gould's Emporium, Shaw's Block, 219 Main Street, Biddeford for September 1869. The shop was listed as a millinery shop in the City Directory for 1870, however this states that dress making services were also available, as well as a ladies' reading room. The shop was owned by sisters Lucie and Nellie Gould; Lucie would have been 30 years old at the time this was printed. While they owned this shop they both lived in the family home at 72 Alfred Street.
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About This Item
- Title: Advertisement for Gould's Emporium, Biddeford, 1869
- Creator: Gould's Emporium
- Creation Date: 1869
- Subject Date: 1869
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 12.5 cm
- Local Code: DC.58 Gould Papers
- Collection: Archival Collections
- Object Type: Text
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- Millinery--Maine--Biddeford
- Advertisements
- Gould's Emporium (Biddeford, Me.)--Advertising
- Stores & shops--Maine--Biddeford
- Women--Employment--Maine--Biddeford
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