Keywords: Chain Stores
Item 34750
Newberry's & Osgood's stores, Main Street, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print
Item 9475
Old Chain Bridge, Kingfield, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Kingfield Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
LeBaron Atherton's furniture empire consisted of ten stores, four of which were in Maine. The photos are reminiscent of a different era in retailing.
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building
"In the 1960's all chain stores left Bath and went to Cook's Corner and Brunswick. The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades
"He invented a tire hook chain, a rim stretcher and a temple joint for eyeglasses. That is how W.A. Brown was a part of Lincoln, Maine and what he did…"
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market
