Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"When the building went up for sale, Clay’s Funeral Home, the movie theater’s neighbor, bought it and tore it down to add more space for their parking…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Here, he was involved in jewelry sales, watch repair, optical work, and was a Ford dealer from 1910 to 1928 on Mechanic Street."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1947 a sales agency was developed with an office in the Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Sales people would have papers outside of the Lincoln House Hotel about the Civil War. The hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"Part of the sales agreement was that Ethyl had to complete the waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its…"

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

"… markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early industry to satisfy basic human needs."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox pelts ready for sale, Lincoln, ca. 1922Lincoln Historical Society Day 3 (November 19, 1938) I had my first full day at the fox farm today."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"Clever in the marketplace, he boosted sales of Wabanaki relics and crafts by telling captivating stories about the objects and himself."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… and $250,000 (through a combination of stock sales and bootlegging ventures) and within five short months he erected the building that still stands…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… April 1804 and September 1805, Knox notes the sale of 3,000 casks of lime and the purchase of almost 3,800 lime casks."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… they have in there, something that is on sale, or even something that goes with the season. That is how Marden’s and Osgood’s were different."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… when the firm under the name of Bradstreet Ford Sales was organized on West Broadway. The grand opening was held on March 10, 1960."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"One of the conditions of the sale was that Jane and her mother be allowed to live on the land for the remainder of their lives."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… allowed a dealer to hold lobsters for future sale or a newly molted lobster time to harden its shell."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"One condition of the sale was that Wackwarreska's daughter, Uphannum (known as Indian Jane or Jane Hannup), and her mother Nagasqua, be allowed to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… II, and grandson, William H Chisholm until the sale of the Oxford Paper Company to the Ethyl Corporation in 1966."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… in turn would keep the advertiser happy with good sales and customer reach. His market was Maine, therefore he catered to Maine readers with an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Today, the sale of alcohol continues to be prohibited on the island, and was voted down in both 2010 and 2011. Red Men's Hall, Swan's Island, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… tobacco products since he had a well established sales route. Walter assured him that Arthur could sell any thing."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"This coupled with the sale of the company’s assets enabled stockholders to recover 36 cents on each dollar invested."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… Trustees bought the rail line at the Sheriff’s sale. The gauge was changed from Standard to 3 foot."