Keywords: Sears-Roebuck
Item 9778
Sears-Roebuck Shoe Factories #3, Springvale, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 16822
Shoe Factory, Springvale, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 109160
Sears Roebuck & Company Warehouse, Bangor, 1949-1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1950 Location: Bangor Client: Sears Roebuck & Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 110169
Sears Roebuck Company Service Station, Portland, 1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Portland Client: Sears Roebuck and Company Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects
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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
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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.
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Life on a Tidal River - Resources
"19, 1940, Print. "Sears Roebuck plans to locate store in Bangor." Bangor Daily News June 28, 1938, Print. Fashion Baker, Patricia."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"… gloves, boots and more, and they turned to Sears Roebuck for affordable clothing. In 1941, Sears opened its only small-town national chain branch…"
