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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other business ventures…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy work, taxidermy. The fair has been held every year since 1840 at the fair grounds on High St."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Dunton, a millinery and fancy goods dealer. Street Scene in Athens, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Two Maine related outdoor images in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"The new theater had balconies, sloped floors, fancy seats, a small concession stand, an ice cream parlor, and a pool room."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were supposed to be washing, and having their picture taken by Mr. Moore."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… sold products to consumers was by having fancy displays in the store windows. Some architects added architectural details like mouse toothing…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery, paints, groceries, confectionery, etc."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Williams, Millinery and Fancy Goods store. The person on the extreme right is William Appleyard. This photo was taken by The C. A. Smith Photo Co."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… Maryland: "They were all sort of… somewhat fancy but impoverished people. They all have family trees… and they’re all ‘bon vivant’ whatever, but…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… that did Reverend P. F. Jernegan tickle the fancy and stimulate the greed of victims with his brilliant and enticing prospectus of the Electrolytic…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy goods, (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from SS Pierce Co."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch for all the firefighters that were there to help."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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