Keywords: soda shop
Item 31346
Murray's Pharmacy and Post Office, Scarborough, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Scarborough Media: Postcard
Item 67525
Poplar, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5
"She also would bring chips, soda, a candy bar, and fruit. Edwena would bring her food in little plastic bags to the potato field that she was working…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3
"… the best pizza you could ever imagine.” It had a soda fountain, and jukebox. There was also a pool hall in town where he would go after school to…"
