Keywords: General Bakery
Item 52384
65 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Jacob Cox Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibit
Maine Sweets: Confections and Confectioners
From chocolate to taffy, Mainers are inventive with our sweet treats. In addition to feeding our sweet tooth, it's also an economic driver for the state.
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2
"… Furniture later became the location of Crockett's Bakery and Koritsky's Clothing Store in the 1950s. To the left is Elm Street businesses."
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View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
