Keywords: Retail stores
Item 108736
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1897 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 7873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1966 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 45577
209-211 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frank D McCarthy Use: Stores
Item 38594
Assessor's Record, 510-512 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frederick Dow Use: Stores
Item 109981
Store for Mr. Patrick Ward, 34 Casco St., Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: Patrick Ward Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Item 110004
Plan of store in Clapp Building at 26 Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1922 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
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
"… of music, movies, games, and books with eleven retail locations in Maine and New Hampshire and a very popular website."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block
"… sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison Showroom, a retail outlet for products manufactured by prisoners."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4
"… made under license in the United States for the retail market. This practice became common and many European couturiers came to rely on revenues…"
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Bull Moose
by Chris Brown
The history of Bull Moose Music, one of Maine's favorite music stores
