Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… $1850.00 in meats and other goods from various stores. A nice save was made by C.P. Galgher when he successfully moved five thousand dollars worth…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Benjamin Porter in Topsham, where they opened a store and lumber and shipbuilding business. Beginning in 1795, he became active in local politics…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… Clambake property, the business moved to a new store, now the Nestling Duck Gift Shop, and was operated by Donald H."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… could go to acquire goods or services—at general stores, blacksmiths, and carriage-making shops. Villages such as East North Yarmouth, Walnut Hill…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Shipbuilders, Kennebunkport, 1901Brick Store Museum The shipbuilding industry A shift in shipbuilding from wood to steel put Maine at a major…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… and oranges in midwinter, along with their store catalogs and other commodities. Bringing Water To The Town Water and continuous access to it has…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… Society Not all Strong businesses were stores or mills. According to 1909 records, the railroad carried 70,000 passengers and 70,000 tons of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… cars but if you went across the island to go to a store or something it was like a major expedition."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… East Dixfield Post Office and General Store, Wilton, ca. 1914Dixfield Historical Society EAST DIXFIELD The Next Section to be Settled East…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… several commercial ventures including an antique store and restaurants. In 2013 the building still stands as a ghost to its former glory, unused…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… consisting of three or four homes and some fish stores. They then followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… to provide a stage, two dressing rooms, and a store room below. Drapes were purchased and arranged so that the entire stage can be used for a large…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"I bought my gown at Unobsky’s Store, downtown. It was a beautiful thing. It was lovely. The Seven Sardine Queen Contestants The contestants met at…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Clark Department Store (later Unobskey’s) on Water Street. Clicking on this picture then zooming in reveals the eleven-foot framed etching across the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… house and a brick utility shed, originally storing heating coal. Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Bangor’s people also had only a small number of stores at which to shop. The many families did not have enough houses to live in."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… businesses, such as the Merrill and Hinckley store and Horton's Dairy, as well as providing employment for many local residents of Blue Hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… went up Union Street, past Merrill & Hinckley’s store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… and friends at the post office or grocery store and community-minded residents organize benefit dinners or concerts to help a family in need."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… 1904Guilford Historical Society After the Hudson Store and Odd Fellows Hall burned in 1902, a large brick building was built on the same footprint."