Keywords: Shopping
Item 68022
Saturday shopping, Farmington, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1915 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 102045
Saco-Lowell Shops addition, Biddeford, 1920
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 74963
Shop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Shop - Repair
Item 63334
205-207 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph S. Bernstein Use: Print Shop & Store
Item 109206
Taggett & Gartley Company and Northern Maine Sport Shop alterations, Houlton, 1947
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Houlton Clients: Taggett & Gartley Company; Northern Maine Sport Shop Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109319
Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Development Associates Trust Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh
In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop
"Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop Former site of Knox's wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where…"
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975
"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.