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Description

Narcisse J. Pelletier's Store on Bridge Street, Springvale, early 1890s.

Pelletier (1857-1900) was born in St. Andrew de Kamouraska, Quebec and moved to Brunswick in 1873.

He lived in Brunswick, Westbrook, South Berwick, and Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, before moving to Springvale in 1882.

He started his own grocery store in Springvale in 1884. After his death, his wife, Gaudelie, continued the grocery at first with her son Samuel and her brother David Caron.

By 1921 she transferred ownership of the store to her sons, David, Joseph and Charles, who purchased the property in 1922.

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About This Item

• Title: Pelletier's Store on Bridge Street, Springvale, ca. 1890
• Creator: Fred Philpot
• Creation Date: circa 1890
• Subject Date: circa 1890
• Location: Springvale, Sanford, York County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 16.33 cm x 24.2 cm
• Local Code: C-433
• Collection: Index to the Glass Negatives, Tom Ursia Donations
• Object Type: Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• N.J. Pelletier (Firm) (Springvale, Me.)
• Stores, Retail--Maine--Springvale
• Pelletier's Store (Springvale, Me.)

People

• Pelletier, Narcisse J

Other Keywords

• Bridge Street
• Sam Valliere
• St. Andrew de Kamouraska, Quebec
• Water StreetPelletier's Store (Springvale, Me.)

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For more information about this item, contact:

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
P. O. Box 276 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME 04083
(207) 490-1028
Website

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