Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The factory made 10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots and 7,000 to 8,000 pairs of shoes with thirty to forty people, which was amazing at the time."

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots, The weekly payroll was quite the loot. Then the workers were forced to leave immediately, Their work was proclaimed…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Snell, Katherine H and Vincent P. Ledew. Historic Hallowell. Hallowell: The Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1962. The History of Whaling. n.d. R.O.I."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… as a bank, commercial shops, sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison Showroom, a retail outlet for products…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"For example, Davis Hatch's boot and shoe trade had a sign of a big boot hanging out into the street. Charles A."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax, along with hives of bees, pumpkins, apples and clover seed."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"“Thank you,” I said. I walk back to shoes and pick out the shiniest, black shoes I can find. They fit perfectly! I find one skirt and one shirt that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… various shops, a sailmaking loft, a boot and shoe factory, a clothing factory and today serves as the showroom for the Maine State Prison."

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

"Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder & Clothier Mrs."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Leslie Adkins wagon shop was built to paint and repair wagons. Piscataquis Valley Country Club was incorporated."

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…"

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

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

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"ect. I can assure you that Maine has got its name up during this campaign and so high too that it will remain up in the estimation of other and more…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… a Mill Bar for Sam’l Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of corn By1 gallon molasses By 10 1/4 lbs."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The professional and banking community was well established and continued to meet Bangor's needs. Lumbering in Bangor, as it had been known during…"

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."