Keywords: Shopping
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Site Pages
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835
"On the following two pages, he detailed the shop, church, or other business, or resident of each building on his map."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862
"… drew several images of the inside of the shop he kept on Center Street in Bangor for several years starting in 1862."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… Marshal’s office, and a number of mechanic shops. Many of the buildings were filled with wounded and dead rebel soldiers."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"Barber Shop, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store
"Then it became Porter Tailor Shop, which was tailoring for men. Then on November 12, 1943, Mr. Bennie F. Osgood bought the location."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"Presque Isle declared the day a “holiday” with shops and businesses closed so residents could attend the event."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"… Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society The shop class at Presque Isle High School builds the frame to secure the tree on the truck and railroad…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73
"Snow Otis Stone Reed Harding Martin's plow Martin's garden First passenger steamer Doctor Allen Rogers Tavern, apothecary shop"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864
"White was one of the first shops in Bangor to specialize in dry goods -- rather than carrying a variety of groceries and other items as well."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Market Hall, Bangor, 1846
"… the illustration of the three buildings and the shops they held as part of his journal that he began in 1864 to record events of his life and…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823
"… Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865
"The shop he operated was robbed a number of times. The other numbered illustrations are implements used in break-ins."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3
"… collection were originally sold at Felix Dress Shop, specializing in "women's wearing apparel," which operated in Portland at 16 Forest Ave for…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… livery stables, hardware stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph lines and a telephone service."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… the last $780 of his savings to buy a harness shop only to then discover there was a $2,500 mortgage on the business."
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Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley
"… was sick or injured, instead of shutting down the shop, they kept it up and running with Edward in charge."
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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware
"… his law degree, he built his hardware and tin shop in the same building as his law office. In 1900 a contractor built E.A."
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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"… grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and two wharves, where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block
"… noted that the early businesses included a barber shop and The Lincoln National Bank. With the Sagadahock House getting all the attention, the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms
"… in Lincoln and I am going to go to town today and shop. I am hoping to find a pair of boots to wear when I clean the fox pen."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866
"… which, in part, led to the failure of his shop. An ardent Republican, he supported the war, deplored the "secesh" element in Bangor, Democratic…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal
"… of them, and the organization of interiors of shops, homes, schools, and bars, replete with illustrations."
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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product
"… a modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding."