Maine Memory Network

Old York Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or empty…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914. Green rented the building and added on to the store in 1923."

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…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… in Biddeford during these years and had a large store until he removed from the area in 1796. There was no customs collector on the Saco River…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well as sawdust, which would have been available in quantity from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… these national chain stores, two local department stores (Senter’s and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Then he left and went to New York in 1835. He only lived in New York for five years when he died of natural causes on June 7, 1840."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Designed by well-known architects, on often vast acreages, these summer…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Lillian Whitmarsh of New York made the town a present of her stone summer residence to be remodeled and used as a consolidated school."

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Noah Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution New York: Putnam, 1900 Callahan, North Henry Knox : General Washington's General New York : Rinehart…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses, some…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and especially their effects on his…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"People from New York came to buy furs a lot. Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to some of the wealthiest families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Both owned large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Fulton Redman, spent most of the year in New York and summers in Bar Harbor. He was also an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"He returned to New York in October 1846, and he was ordered to the Naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… traveled through rural New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country stores and businesses…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Shaw William D. McLaughlin Henry Garland New York Hippodrome Crystal Palace, London 1853 railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor accident Soldiers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… Hall that he began in Part 1, introduces New York dancer and teacher L. DeGarmo Brookes, comments on card playing, provides a program of an 1874…"