Maine Memory Network

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 - Carney's Store

"Just like Carney’s in the past, some of the stores of today are also family stores. For example, Walmart and Marden’s also sell clothes and shoes."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"I know that store also because my grandfather was alive during the time the store was here and shopped right in this town."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"One of Green’s two sons, Eddie, managed the store starting in 1952. Green’s Shoe and Clothing Department Store closed in 1959 after 49 years of doing…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This display shows…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop Former site of Knox's wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"The store also had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over a large room that ever was invented." Martin opened the store in 1862 after many…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"… and wrote that the illustration shows the wooden store as it was in 1850 and the old factory before it was rebuilt and the brick store as it was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"Interior, John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… the group and its effects and wrote of the Mutual Store, "This store has been a curse to me ever since the day it was established it has made no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… it I gave him 10 cents a piece to draw my house & store and I have both coppies before me now." The store was by the Rail Road Bridge."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Stores Laura Sprague in Atlantic store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society During the early 1900s the population in each…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"Andrew Smith Store Andrew Smith's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society Captain Andrew C."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Croswell's Store c. 1890 Located in Farmington Falls, Croswell's Store opened in 1816. The store was run by the Croswell family until 1958."

Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948

"The first store on the left was Bailey's Drug Store. Next was Carney's clothing store and the third building was Grindell's Mens Clothing Store."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"Freeman Hardware Store. Above the store door is the name, "Bouquet." Above the second floor is the sign, "Photography Rooms." Note the late 1880's…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"He carried on a successful trade in a store on the site of the Prison Store at the corner of Wadsworth Street."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"Eddie started his own store, Eddie’s IGA, which had a line of groceries and meats and free delivery."

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

"… and Main Streets) on the site of the former Paine Store. This imposing four-storey brick building has served as a bank, commercial shops, sail…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"His own small store was robbed three times, which contributed to its demise.   Part 5, pages 77-96 People and topic mentioned include: Lincoln…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Our hardware store is my comparison to Weatherbee Hardware. Zachary Savage "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?" This connects…"