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

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

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Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots, The weekly payroll was quite the loot. Then the workers were forced to leave immediately, Their work was proclaimed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near. his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats, boots Women drinking John thomas Thomas McAloon Nellie Chapman Cornelius Driscoll Cornelius Sullivan…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… cambrick pants white cotton stockings lace up kip boots." He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… dickey a knapsack empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants." Below that on…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"27 Apr. 2011. Pick, Jimmy T. Wesco’s logger boots. 7 Apr. 2010. http://the1939clothier.blogspot.com. 9 Apr."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"Civil War boots, ca. 1864 These boots, manufactured by Bangor boot maker, John McGinty might have been just what Fred was hoping for.Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846

"… as nice a one as I could see and it came to my boot tops perhaps below & as I was some deformed it was a very appropriate garment for me." In the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"Martin provided the boy with some clothes and boots and employed him for 16 months until April 1864 when he found him work on a farm and a chance to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… Library Bring half-worn winter garments, with boots ditto, to be prepared for tramping and excursions."

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

"… include: worsted hose (stockings), hats, caps, boots and shoes. Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax, along with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"For example, Davis Hatch's boot and shoe trade had a sign of a big boot hanging out into the street. Charles A."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

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

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… General’s coffin, his favorite horse with Knox’s boots reversed in the stirrups, and a large group of mourning relatives, servants, townspeople and…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Tuttle and boot and show maker G. L. Jewett and the two and a half story establishment of E. B. Dunton, a millinery and fancy goods dealer."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… drivers in their work clothes and spiked leather boots. In one of these images, two loggers exhibit the tools of their trade: a peavey, an ax, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The factory made 10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots and 7,000 to 8,000 pairs of shoes with thirty to forty people, which was amazing at the time."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder & Clothier Mrs."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower, dealers in livestock, and a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Also the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect. I can assure you that Maine has got its name up during this…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… continued sales of groceries, sporting goods, boots and shoes. Leslie Adkins wagon shop was built to paint and repair wagons."