Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: Stores on Main Street, Sanford, Early 1900s

Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee

Date: circa 1905

Location: Sanford

Media: Print from Glass Negative

Title: Benoit's clothing store, 1966

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1966

Media: Photoprint

Title: Holiday crew of the Bixby & Buck Store, Skowhegan, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House

Date: circa 1885

Location: Skowhegan

Media: Black and White Photograph

Address: 289 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Hersey Corporation

Use: Store

Address: 253 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Ethel Rich

Use: Dwelling - Three Family & Store

Address: 371-373 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Frank W. Sparrow

Use: Apartments & Store

Atherton Furniture

LeBaron Atherton's furniture empire consisted of ten stores, four of which were in Maine. The photos are reminiscent of a different era in retailing.

Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

Brick Store Museum

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L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea

The history of a town on the northern bank of the St. George River, as told by representatives from Thomaston Historical Society, Thomaston Public Library, Montpelier: the General Henry Knox Museum, and students from Georges Valley High School. Architecture, General Knox, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and the state prison are some of the topics covered.