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Historical Items

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Item 6535

Babcock & Sharp Drug Store, Lewiston, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 76530

First National Store, Biddeford, ca. 1940

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 13200

Houlton Grange Store fire, 1960

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1960-12-25 Location: Houlton; Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 38554

413-421 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Masonic Temple Building Use: Stores & Offices

Item 37223

10-16 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railways Use: Blacksmith Shop

Item 63333

204-206 Middle Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heirs of Harrison J. Libby Use: Store

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111981

Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Record Store Day helped drive the resurgence of vinyl and increased US music sales to more than a billion dollars annually."

Exhibit

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

Exhibit

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Site Pages

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Site Page

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…"

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… topic in the past and in the present" Carney’s Store was first open to Lincoln in 1933, and that was when they were only selling clothing."

Site Page

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."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Bull Moose
by Chris Brown

The history of Bull Moose Music, one of Maine's favorite music stores

Story

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system

Story

Finding and cooking fiddleheads with my parents
by Brian J. Theriault

My father has been picking and eating fiddleheads almost all his life, Mom prepares and stores them