Keywords: Fancy Goods
Item 20144
Advertisement, George Ehrenfried Co., Lewiston, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Item 27650
Upper Corner businesses, Hampden, ca. 1904
Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
Site Page
"… restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other business ventures…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad
"… 1890’s, “one car Royal Gem, one car Taylor’s Fancy Patent, just received direct form the mills and to be sold very low for cash or exchange of…"
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
