Keywords: Merrills Store
Item 10726
Contributed by: Abbot Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Abbot; Abbot Media: Photographic print
Item 67741
Andrew Smith's Store, Swan's Island, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 86735
Workshop, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Workshop
Item 62990
Assessor's Record, 73 Merrill Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Hyman Weinstein Use: Store
Item 109795
Centennial Block for Herbest & Merrill, Lewiston, 1876
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1876 Location: Lewiston Client: Herbest & Merrill Architect: Stevens and Coombs Architects
Exhibit
Scarborough: They Answered the Call
Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865
"… cabinet maker & joiner who had worked for Shaw & Merrill & then was at work for F Muzzy & co on patterns in their foundry a great bawling rough…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534
"… and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw & Merrill furniture manufacturers, Furber & Metcalf, I.W."
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
