Keywords: retail
Item 33617
Wheelwright Building, Bangor, 1948
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1948 Location: Bangor Media: Photograph, jpg
Item 9697
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print
Item 38589
506 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Markson Bros. Use: Retail Clothier & Furniture Store
Item 51747
187-191 Federal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: F.S. Waldron Realty Co. Use: Store - Retail Glass
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
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.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Main Street, Bangor, ca. 1945
… This view of Main Street shows the variety of retail businesses that defined downtown Bangor including Freese’s Department Store, Farrar Furniture…
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.
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
