Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"The store was purchased from Peterson’s Motor Mart of Fort Fairfield. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Through History."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"… County Federal Savings and Loan Association purchased the land and built their own building on the site. X Sources: Graves III, Richard A."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"They paid $400 to purchase and install the bell. Today the official name is the Presque Isle Congregational Church. Sources: Vance, Melissa."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Mr. Rand took in A. W. Drake and purchased stock of the Hudson Clothing Company. The name of the store was changed again to Rand & Drake."

Alfred Historical Committee

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

"… the rest of his outfit, including where he purchased the items. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"Fiske Block. He wrote that Patten had just purchased the store and hired the wharf opposite and could use Martin's help."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… her premises for about nine hundred dollars and purchased this and ocupied it between one & two years when it was sold to Enoch Tebbetts for twelve…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… working and active woman's everyday wear could be purchased ready-made. Immigrant labor was integral to this era of garment industry growth."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… a group of women clubbed together to make the purchase and share. On the one hand, machine sewing mitigating the endless hours women spent meeting…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… nor is there representation of home-made or purchased typical mini dresses. Perhaps the two closest examples are a young woman's multi-colored…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… came to Farmington in 1836 when Jacob Abbot purchased “Few Acres”, the former Stephen Titcomb Jr’s Estate located very near the middle of the town…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Rev. Loring’s sons Thomas, Levi, and Jeremiah purchased land and built houses in the Walnut Hill area of North Yarmouth."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"purchased a 105 acre lot, #67, at the head of Northeast Harbor for the sum of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South…"

Skyline Farm

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Windham Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… musical and other art." A committee was formed to purchase a site for the building and raise the appropriate funds for construction."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Area land was purchased from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds were given the buyers. Mt."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Then it was purchased for the use at Bath to help the smaller Hockomock ferry. Thomas Coss was the first to captain of the Governor King."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… years later, father and son Arlen and Chris Dow purchased the theater. It re-opened on Saturday, March 1, 2009. The theater still has three screens."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Around 1960, a farmer could purchase a barrel locally for $4. After the barrel is full, the picker would put a ticket in the barrel rim."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… forests were depleted, local shipyard owners purchased rights to great tracts of land for hardwood supplies in Georgia, South Carolina and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"The State purchased the property from Governor King for $3000. The lot was described as follows: A certain piece or tract of land in Thomaston with a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"It was purchased in 1998 and is still occupied by the same owners. At that time, it had eight rooms, four bedrooms and one bath."