Maine Memory Network

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."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"The store also included dry goods. When he was about 21, John Martin (1823-1904) began working for Prince as a bookkeeper and store tender."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores. Several businessmen joined together to build the brick Union Block, each constructing…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Dry goods stores and specialty shops were in great number and merchants did a brisk business. After an initial drop in census numbers to 3600 in…"

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

"… in the 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…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores. Reasonably priced plain skirts, jackets, and blouses that became the norm for the working…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer Dry Goods (1868-1876) William P. Hill Dry Goods (1876-1883) Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… fact that the subject matter was more or less a dry repetition of material covered in the lower grades."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… he had the Ledyard Block built, he had a dry goods store on the same lot. William Ledyard was married to Miss Harriet Ledyard."

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

"Zeltin. Georgia Tracey’s dry goods store sold clothing, fabric, stockings, and more. There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"The furs are hung and dried, then sent to Bangor where they tan the pelts. Mrs. Lewis, a woman who owns the little store down the street, is bidding…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be held…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"All the rescued goods were stored in the nearby Methodist Church, while the store was rebuilt. Today a portion of that building makes up part of…"

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

"… had four groceries, one fruit stand, two dry goods stores, four stables, three blacksmiths, three building contractors, three plumbers, one masonry…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… 1877Maine Historical Society John Corey, a dry goods merchant with a store on Middle Street, built the house around 1850."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… brew, women draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze, creating colorful curtains of blue, red, and green."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… the town with valuable shops, meeting spaces, dry goods stores and a barber shop. The Tuscan Opera House was built in 1891."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… the first serious attempt to give teeth to the Dry laws. The Liquor Enforcement Commission, an arm of state government, hired deputies (known as…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… lists five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery, paints, groceries, confectionery, etc."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"These items were taken to Willard Kane's store where he weighed and stored them after paying the going price for the same."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… who caught the fish, the processors who dried, salted or otherwise preserved the fish, and the suppliers who shipped the product to market."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… one of the beef critters, and hung the flax to dry. Shortly afterward a fire broke out, apparently something near the flax causing the fire, and…"