Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"The store was sixteen feet by twenty-four feet and had two fulltime employees. The store was remodeled five times, the last time in 1954."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block

"… deteriorated building that once housed Flint’s grocery store on the southwest corner of Knox and Main Streets, and moved it to another location."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"The store pictured in the middle was a wholesale business. The north and south stores were for retail sales."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… Dark Harbor, Williams Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy goods, (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… city built of wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in November 1865, the building was raised…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… century, was Annette's grocery store and another grocery store owned by Michael Gannet. Henry Gannet, Michael Gannet's son, was the co-founder of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… James Dunning of Bangor operated a seed and grocery store and was involved in efforts to build a rail line from Bangor to Waterville."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"The grocery store is called Brackett's Market and it has absolutely nothing to do with entertainment. Dreamland Theater, Front Street, Bath, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Chase operated on the southeast corner of Centre and Washington streets. This store was built around 1867 according to numerous city directories, and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While most immigrants were drawn to the area to work…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"That building, which housed the grocery store of William Ledyard on property that may have been sold to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer by William…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… fire were Columbia Hall, candy and meat stores, grocery stores, and a restaurant. One of the buildings that needed considerable reconstruction…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"There was another meat market and grocery store owned by Merritt Ober. Above the store, Miss Coburn operated a beauty shop that catered to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"By 1941, six national chain stores anchored the downtown: J. J. Newberry; F. W. Woolworth; W. T. Grant; Sears Roebuck; First National Foods; and the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… destroyed everything all the way North to Hoopers Grocery Store. Windows were broken and gas tanks exploded causing screams from the crowd."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Grover!s Grocery Store was struck with a mass of rubble. Little Vigril White was trapped inside the store when this happening occurred."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… community.” In 1989, there were still two grocery stores in town but their stock was significantly reduced."

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The roof of Grover's grocery store was demolished and the roof of the Lowell, Simmons and Stearn's stable was crushed in."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I started my first job at 13 at Thomaston grocery. Hard work gives you money. I worked up there and I don’t really remember how much I got paid."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"This building has been the home of a grocery store since 1903. In 1962 Cliff & Naomi Worthen opened Worthen's Market."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries, sporting goods, boots and shoes. Leslie Adkins wagon shop was built to paint and repair…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"There is currently one store supplying groceries and basic goods on the island, though seasonal businesses cater to the increased population in…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… was a drug store, filling station, a garage and 3 grocery stores on the main street and Lester Henderson had a small grocery store across the river…"