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Keywords: confectionery

Historical Items

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Item 18337

Sawyer Confectionery wagon, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 71741

The Original Len Libby's Candy Shops, Scarborough, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Scarborough Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 23914

Hill's Block, Biddeford, 1912

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 35601

885-889 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Amos Ashnault Use: Store

Item 82519

19-23 Silver Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Salvation Army Use: Land

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… made bags for flour, groceries, clothing, confectioneries, and bread in more than 35 different sizes and more than 20 brands."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… fancy goods, boots, crockery, paints, groceries, confectionery, etc. There were also two mining companies, the Blue Hill Bay Company and the East…"