Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"They also had a shoe store where they sold baby shoes all the way up to adult sizes. Just like Carney’s in the past, some of the stores of today are…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"At this time, it was a shoe store and barber shop. When Mr. Pinkham died in 1916, John Grindell bought stock in the store and made it into a clothing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… “Cove” room, the “Little Folks” section, and the shoe department (located in the center of the store), the sportswear section, and the jewelry and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Green’s Shoe and Clothing Department Store closed in 1959 after 49 years of doing business. In 1988, Dana Cassidy purchased the block."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"The exposed glass plate negatives were sent back to the "factory" in Belfast where they were processed, printed and sent back to the general stores…"

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"… a lot of important belongings like their homes, stores, trees, animals, lack of food because you couldn’t leave your house, and a bunch of other…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"GROVER RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER THE CYCLONE CAME THERE WERE DOCTORS THERE, FROM THERE…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Grover!s Grocery Store was struck with a mass of rubble. Little Vigril White was trapped inside the store when this happening occurred."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The small farm buildings, used to store ice through the summer, were recognized by their thick, insulated walls and few windows."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The Cyclone of 1895 Grover's Store Downtown Hallowell X Any cyclone is scary, especially if it happens in your hometown."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… used the ferry to get to schools, jobs, and stores. People that didn’t live in Chelsea or Hallowell had to find their own means of transportation…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… the children of the town, for whom he also had a store of broken--and must we add, to be truthful--very dirty candy in his pockets."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… would run down a ramp, to be set by tons and stored until the summer. The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards to give the ice…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"… buildings have gotten a beating, including the Store owned by Leigh and Wingate who had lost 300 barrels of flour."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Musters would have brought business to local stores and united people who normally never would have met."

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Their houses, stores, and some of their relatives or friends died or were destroyed during the blizzard."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… Free Library “In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start delivering it."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"May jobs and stores that families worked and bought food didn’t get enough money and went out of business."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Owners of a local store Leigh and Wingate had 300 barrels of flour taken from them by these mighty waters."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… up having to drive to Brunswick and we went to a store called Service Merchandise and we bought the last one."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… with a truck! In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start delivering it."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… as a bank, commercial shops, sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison Showroom, a retail outlet for products…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… various shops, a sailmaking loft, a boot and shoe factory, a clothing factory and today serves as the showroom for the Maine State Prison."