Maine Memory Network

Denis E. Hudon and his furniture delivery truck, Ridlonville, ca. 1949

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1949 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print

Hudon Furniture Company, Main Street, Dixfield, 1947

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

33 Preble Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Standard Furniture Company Use: Store - Furniture

Factory, Morrill Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thomas P. Beals Furniture Co. Use: Factory - Furniture

Chest of drawers for Mrs. John Calvin Stevens, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Client: Mrs. John Calvin Stevens II Architect: John Calvin Stevens II

Design for Writing Desk, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1879 Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Atherton Furniture

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.

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… an artist of acknowledged merit to design furniture, etc., etc. so as to give his pictures all the richness and romance of the Italian school." The…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of…"

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily