Keywords: Atkinson's Furniture
Item 51583
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1912-12-09 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 20119
Atkinson House Furnishing Co. advertisement, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
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.
