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Title: Babcock & Sharp Drug Store, Lewiston

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society

Date: circa 1917

Location: Lewiston

Media: Black and white photograph

Title: Company Store, Stockholm

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Location: Stockholm

Media: monochrome photograph

Title: Fogelin Store, Stockholm, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society

Date: circa 1930

Location: Stockholm

Media: Postcard

Address: 289 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Hersey Corporation

Use: Store

Address: 111 Commercial Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Tyler Realty Co.

Use: Store

Address: 201-207 Commercial Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Heirs of Thomas Chadwick

Use: 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.