Keywords: mercantile store
Item 7594
B. Haskell Grain store, Main Street, Lewiston, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 6941
Lumber yard in Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 63326
189-191 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Casco Mercantile Trust Company Use: Store & Office
Item 63327
190-192 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canal National Bank Use: Mercantile
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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… one of these towns is well supplied with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… of it soil, its varied mechanical industries, its mercantile and professional pursuits, and also consider the fact that it has been the shire town…"
