Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"In 1950, he bought the Holmes Jewelry store and changed the name to Wilder’s. Some of the showcases in the store are more than a hundred years old."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… Lincoln Clothing Co., Grindell’s Store, Solomon’s Store, Solomon and Grindell’s Store, Moulton’s Gun Shop, and now we know the store as House of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… of the store), the sportswear section, and the jewelry and handbag department. The “Cove” room carried daytime and evening dresses, coats, jackets…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… was occupied by Harrison Piper, who had a jewelry store there for thirty years. Mr. Plumly was interested in lumbering and owned the mills at Cold…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Without the first jewelry store, maybe I wouldn’t have a necklace to wear everyday. Nathaniel Peters "How does this topic impact you? Your life? The…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"John Hayden, who owned an earlier jewelry trade had a sign of a compass to symbolize that everything in his store had perfect measurements, that his…"

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

"… home industry on the island includes pottery, jewelry making, furniture making, photography and various forms of artists' paintings."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"… blacks were proper, and when glossy silk, jet jewelry, touches of white, and half mourning (lavender) were acceptable."

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

"Smith's was a laundry facility and A.G. Page sold jewelry right next to it. All these businesses helped the hotel to become the biggest and most…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… but are reflective of the era's fashion for cameo jewelry. Other crinoline dresses also feature the fashionable pelerine look."

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number of jewelry stores added to the diversity of a thriving downtown during and after World War II."

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

"1900Northeast Harbor Library Percy Hill had a jewelry and optical shop and his wife millinery shop next door."