Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… Society In 1871 Edward O’Brien established a shoe factory in the Carr O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner to boost the flagging economy."

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

"… door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… nights of the coldest winters, in the boot and shoe store of Samuel Foote on Front Street, north of Merchants' Row."

L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Point, who ran their own businesses, including shoe and harness repair. Summer residents began to buy their own property and built family homes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"… to Maine: There to Here X Other than shoes, there were a lot of things that my parents did not have, like an indoor toilet."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"Around them are hat and shoe styles. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper who was interested in fashion, landscaping and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… States and my parents couldn’t afford to buy shoes, so walking made their feet bleed and dirty."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"Perhaps worn with white wide-heeled shoes and a neat little hat, set at the side of the head, the suit ensemble resembles those seen in many 1930s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… we were only allowed to have a certain number of shoes. They would stamp each pair. How’d you get heating? We had woodstoves but it only kept one…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… the collection also includes the black high heel shoes that completed the outfit. Capped sleeve dress, ca."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

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

Windham Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… have made the same choice if I had been in Gary’s shoes. The man that Gary saved was Michael Durant, the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Shoe boxes and small pouches filled with various buttons were crammed into the shopping bag. Glass jars and minuscule handmade envelopes- all filled…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… that steps with you then see the glitter of your shoe, when You have set the pace they follow in your dust John R Braden you’re a winner just as…"

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

"It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

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

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

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… repairing a Marlin Spike, 2 augers, a crow bar To shoeing a horse To mending a Mill Bar for Sam’l Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of…"

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

"They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses. I bought my gown at Unobsky’s Store, downtown. It was a beautiful thing. It was lovely."

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

"& B.F. Bartlett Saw Mill G. Cross Boot & Shoe Maker S.H. Webb “ “ “ “ D.S. Bennett Blacksmith Samuel F."

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

"… the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… by 1810, and there was a wheelwright shop, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse, and eleven homes. West vs."