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Keywords: Dry Goods

Historical Items

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Item 17661

J. A. Browne Dry Goods, Houlton, c. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 101794

Dr. Stacy & Son Dry Goods parade carriage, South Berwick, 1914

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 13877

George B. Page Store, Houlton, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 36681

120-126 Center Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: J. B. Brown & Sons Use: Wholesale Dry Goods & Manufacturing

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116364

Snow house on Neal Street, Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Nellie Snow Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

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The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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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.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Thomas A."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer Dry Goods (1868-1876) William P. Hill Dry Goods (1876-1883) Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

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The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily

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Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman