Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"… was established, library books were kept in stores, so the storekeepers were also called librarians."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street

"… Stevens X Main Street Looking South photo by Roger Stevens X Smart's Hardware Store, Lincoln, ca. 1928Lincoln Historical Society"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… was a year-round community as well, the existing stores, post office, and hotel at first provided the necessary staples and entertainment for the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public house, which we used for Provost…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… in the late 19th century, was Annette's grocery store and another grocery store owned by Michael Gannet."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the Ryder School located across from Durkee’s Store, later moved to become part of the store. District Six School, known as the Sprague School, was…"

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

"… be found in the new burgeoning city department stores, including Peck's in Lewiston, Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Also, since he owned the first house and store, people would come to buy sell and trade at his store."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"He wrote, "During those days they were the largest stores in the city built of wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"There was a drug store called Rexol. It served hot peanuts and ice cream. There was a terrible hurricane in the 1970s that knocked down trees."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Penobscot Bridge, Bangor, ca. 1846

"He labeled the toll house, Skinner's Store, and the Draw. Martin (1823-1864) began in 1864 writing a Journal about his life and experiences."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ezekiel Hopkins house and grounds, Hampden, 1840

"… a teenager, Martin worked for Hopkins on his farm and in his store. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"He also wrote about the three robberies of his store and in Scrapbook no. 2, repeated information about the robberies and, in an almost offhand…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Webber’s store wasn’t the only store damaged by the fire. Set from a spark from a horseshoe, the large fire originated at the Sagadahock House on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military road to Presque Isle together with a growing population…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses, some…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and independent settlements that had their own stores, schools (please visit Schools), churches, wharves and post offices."

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…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… And, as the book Agreeable Situations (Brick Store Museum, 1987) records, in about 1800, transfer printed depictions of Portland’s Hannah Robinson…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

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

"Positions such as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were opening up (by now typewriters were common in business…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"Looked after, often stored away as they moved past updating, this type of garment often survives to become part of a historic collection."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The railroad often stored the freight in the winter. At one time, the AVR had 63, 50 foot warehouses served by the tracks."