Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"There were groceries; they were all useful. We had a big family so that was great. J: Did each factory have its own float in the 4th of July parade…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Mowry; T.G. Mitchell’s grocery store; E.L. Ring; and Wilbur A. Shea, who received 25 barrels of cottonseed oil which he sold to local sardine packers."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Centre and Water Streets, where William Ledyard’s grocery store had been in the 1820s. At the north end of downtown, on the northwest corner of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"That building, which housed the grocery store of William Ledyard on property that may have been sold to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer by William…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I started my first job at 13 at Thomaston grocery. Hard work gives you money. I worked up there and I don’t really remember how much I got paid."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… with neighbors and friends at the post office or grocery store and community-minded residents organize benefit dinners or concerts to help a family…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"This building has been the home of a grocery store since 1903. In 1962 Cliff & Naomi Worthen opened Worthen's Market."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

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

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

"… destroyed everything all the way North to Hoopers Grocery Store. Windows were broken and gas tanks exploded causing screams from the crowd."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"It also was French and Elliot’s grocery and the post office. The store was located downstairs along with the post office."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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