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Description
John Bloomstrand's General Store was one of the first to be erected in New Sweden.
Bloomstrand was born in Sweden in about 1873. He died in 1951 and is buried in Capitol Hill Cemetery in New Sweden.
He and his wife, Edith Olson, lived near the old AVR Station. The store was near their home.
About This Item
- Title: General store, New Sweden, ca. 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: New Sweden, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 17 cm
- Collection: Historic Album of New Sweden, Maine, 1870-1938
- Object Type: Image
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- Dwellings--Maine--New Sweden
- Swedish Americans--Maine
- General stores--Maine--New Sweden
- Stores & shops--Maine--New Sweden
- Bloomstead, John--Homes and haunts--Maine--New Sweden
- Houses--Maine--New Sweden
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New Sweden Historical Society116 Station Road, New Sweden, ME 04762
207-896-5200
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