Keywords: Meat and Groceries
Item 12277
Shaw and Mitton Store - Caribou, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 79437
Charles Stanley Sons Market, Mexico, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print
Item 37289
113-15 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Nathaniel W Shaw Use: Store & Storage
Item 36149
25 Cedar Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George A Etter Use: Dwelling & Store
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"In Dark Harbor, Williams Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy goods, (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market
"The store was sixteen feet by twenty-four feet and had two fulltime employees. The store was remodeled five times, the last time in 1954."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
