Maine Memory Network

Atherton's Furniture was located at the corner of Free and Center streets in Portland. This photograph was taken in 1938.

Carpets and rugs are displayed in the window of Atherton Furniture Store, Main Street, Waterville.

The window of the Atherton Furniture Store on Main Street in Waterville in 1911 featured Globe Wernicke "Elastic" Book Cases. W. A. Judge was the photographer.

Photograph shows the interior of the Atherton Furniture Store, Main Street, Waterville. Note the male clerk and customers.

The range department at Atherton Furniture Co., Waterville, shows the layout of the store with wooden aisles and departments separated by floor-to-ceiling support beams.

The rocking chair sales area with a wooden aisle, curtains to separate sections, potted plants, and ceiling decorations at Atherton Furniture Co., Waterville, about 1910.

Atherton Furniture Store on Lisbon Street in Lewiston promoted Glenwood Ranges, giving away cookbooks to those who bought ranges. They also sold food to benefit the two local hospitals, Central Maine General Hospital and Ste. Marie General Hospital.

Atherton's Furniture at the corner of Free and Center streets, Portland, in the 1960s. To the left is the Bosworth Memorial Hall, a Civil War Museum.