Keywords: Staples Store
Item 72566
Staples house from rear, Lubec, 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec; Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide
Item 68014
Staples house, Lubec, 1975, 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide
Item 53829
398 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Mary E. Staples Use: Shop - Junk
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house
"Maynard Staples at his store, Swan's Island, 1966Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident Carolyn Martin describes the store experience…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store
"A year later he married Cora E. Staples (1858-1942), widow of Frederick Stockbridge. Andrew Smith died on February 26, 1941, on Swan's Island."
Story
Becoming @ham_italian
by anonymous
@ham_italian is an Instagram account I created that celebrates the Maine ham Italian sandwich
