Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Percy and Sons at 86 Front Street. He worked at Percy’s Store until 1918, when he permanently retired at the age of 68."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Each piece of clothing had to be done individually. Once a piece of clothing was washed, she wrung it to get out all the excessive water."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… his father, working at Eastes and Whittiers Stove Store, and his move to Bangor to work for Rufus Prince, Soap & Tallow Chandler."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907. Then came the Shelter Institute and Woodbutcher tools from 1991-1999…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"This store, located at 782 Washington Street (the southwest corner of the intersection), did very well, surviving for more than 20 years despite…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in southern Maine where it was used for sizing cloth. Aroostook County’s first starch factory opened in Caribou in 1870 and the third in Presque…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… national debt, Bangor Democrats, Mutual Store "scam"   Part 6, pages 97-113 July 4, 1865 activities, women "who bore a bad name," first balloon…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Pattens, inoculations, his own store, Civil War effects, wife's illness   Part 9, pages 604-end Children and schools, making furniture, business…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Douglas clothing store, and John O. Shaw who sold stationary supplies, books and other random gifts (see receipt)."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was only a men’s clothing store. CF Scales moved his business from across the river to the John Scales Building."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"And if you had older brother and sisters then you wore their clothes down the line down the line down the line."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… defray the cost of keeping a prisoner fed and clothed. A woodworking shop was added, in which prisoners were taught how to build wooden wagons…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… clothes, but the mom must have made some of the clothes because all of the clothes couldn't have come from wool."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number of jewelry stores added to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Erlrie Holmes operated a clothing store and lived in the back with his family. Across Main Street was a drug store, originally owned Mr."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"The cloth was used to make the paper at the mill, and a portion of the paper was sent back to Boston to a newspaper company."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"Her family would use the money to buy clothes for school. If she was lucky, she might get a nickel to buy her favorite candy bar, a Milky Way."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The First Store in Stockholm Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society In November 1900 Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and manufactured goods. Profitable trading necessitated the shipbuilding industry, which later was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"How did you get your clothing? My mother made the majority of our clothing. Did your dad work? He was a boat builder so he had to find some other…"

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

"Examples include Cassimeres: 40-50 cents per yard, flannels 17-25 cents per yard and pressed cloth for 25 cents per yard."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… common, but interesting, products was handmade clothes pins produced by one of the city’s more colorful tradesmen, Johnny Stringer."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… businesses included restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… use of their families, spun, wove, and knit their clothing from the wool of their own sheep, and lived within their own resources." By 1850 there…"