Documenting Maine Jewry

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Jacob and Sam Cohen Store - Bangor	Joe Lifshitz and Shep Lee in front of Advance Auto Sales - Auburn

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accounts
- Samuel I Cinamon, Account Books 1935 - 1982 n.d. ( Portland )

agriculture
- Biff Elliot Shalek, by Dick Graves,
  Part I of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald 2001 - 2002 ( Aroostook )
- Etscovitz Families : Five Brothers, by Dick Graves,
  Part III of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald 2001 - 2002 ( )
- Jack and Stan Shalek : Backbone of the Shalek Bag Co, by Dick Graves,
  Part IV of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald 2001 - 2002 ( Aroostook )
- The Shalek Family : Uncommon Success, by Dick Graves,
  Part II of IV, Presque Isle Star Herald 2001 - 2002 ( Aroostook )
- Adelman Brothers : Maine potatoes n.d. ( Mars Hill )
- Katherine (Goldsmith) and Hiram Adelman, potato farmers n.d. ( Mars Hill )
- Linda and Laura Moscowitz picking potatoes n.d. ( Presque Isle )
- Lipman Poultry Company of Augusta - Advertizement n.d. ( Augusta )
- Moskowitz children harvesting potatoes n.d. ( Presque Isle )
- Stanley and Israel "Jack" Shalek in their Shalek Bag Company 1Feb 4 1947 ( Aroostook )

auto
- Lewis Bornstein first car in Auburn n.d. ( )

bakery
- Comparison of Zulofsky Bakery Location, Then and Now 1924/2009 ( )
- Esther Zulofsky (Dann) In Front of Zulofsky’s Bakery n.d. ( )
- Helen, Joseph, and Ethel in Front of their Father’s Bakery in Portland, Maine n.d. ( )
- Inside Zulofsky Bakery 1920s ( )
- JCC 25th Anniversary Cake by Nissen Baking Co n.d. ( )
- S Zulofsky Bakery : exterior of building 1924 ( Portland )
- Zulofsky Bakery 1924 Tax Record 1924 ( )

clothing
- A J Goldsmith store and history 1965 ( Old Town )
- Ben Sklar store and history 1965 ( Old Town )
- Ben Sklar's store n.d. ( Old Town )
- Boston Store, Carroll Cut Rate, Henry Segal's Clothing Store 1960s ( Bangor )
- Boston Store, Carroll Cut Rate, Henry Segal's Clothing Store 1960s ( Bangor )
- Chain Apparel Shops n.d. ( Madawaska )
- Exterior of Levine's Store on Maine Street n.d. ( )
- Interior of Levines with Howard Miller n.d. ( )
- Israel Cutler's Store 1926 ( Old Town )
- Jack Cohen fits customer n.d. ( Bangor )
- Jacob and Sam Cohen Store n.d. ( Bangor )
- Jacob Rubinsky retires n.d. ( Portland )
- Joe Solovich in his store 1920s ( )
- Julius and Olive Nathan in front of Nathan's Apparel Shop late 1920s - early 1930s ( )
- Levine's Store with Percy and Lewis Levine and Howard Miller 1992 ( Waterville )
- Levines Standings Outside of Levine's n.d. ( Waterville )
- Levinsky's Army & Navy Store : exterior of building n.d. ( Portland )
- Louis Goldberg and Others in front of Louis' Ladies Tailoring & Dressmaking shop 1921 ( Portland )
- Sarah Miller Arnon and Julie Miller Soros, The History of Levine's: The Store for Men and Boys 2011 ( Waterville )
- Solovich Clothing Sign n.d. ( Bath )
- W M Levine Store with William Levine Outside n.d. ( Waterville )
- Webster's Triangle Brand Dictionary distributed by Wm Levine & Son, exterior cover n.d. ( Waterville )

department
- Adelman Department Store Mars Hill Maine n.d. ( Mars Hill )
- Levine's Shopping Bag 1970s to 1996 ( Waterville )
- Levine's store plaque 1946 - 1996 ( Waterville )
- Levine's store, exterior view II n.d. ( Waterville )
- Levine's store, external view n.d. ( Waterville )
- Newspaper photo Carroll - Cut Rate n.d ( )
- Polakewich Bros & Co Advertisements 1950 ( Biddeford-Saco )
- Unobskey's Advertisement, Calais Advertizer Jane 11, 1956 ( Calais )

fish
- Boys working in Sardine Cannery, Eastport, Maine 1911 ( )

food
- 122-124 Middle St, Portland : exterior (Italian American Grocery) May 24 1924 ( Portland )
- Everybody’s Uncle Sam : The Life and Legacy of Sam L Cohen 2009 ( Biddeford-Saco )
- Cutler's Store 1900 c ( Old Town )
- Green Confectionary Store - interior view n.d. ( Rockland )
- Green's Confectionary Store - later interior view n.d. ( Rockland )
- Green's Confectionery Store - exterior image n.d. ( Rockland )
- Regal Kosher Restaurant & Delicatessen : exterior of building 1924 ( Portland )

furniture
- Goldsmith Furniture store and history 1965 ( Old Town )
- Goldsmith Furniture Stores circa 1970s ( Old Town )
- Hub Furniture Co building : exterior view n.d. ( Portland )
- Lancaster Furniture, group photo 1944 ( )

grocery
- S Cohen Fruit & Produce n.d. ( to be determined )
- Sam Levy Grocery Store, Portland 1948 ( )
- Shenson & Jolovitz grocery store 1915 c ( Waterville )

hardware
- Building Ads in Biddeford for Sam's Place and Day's Jewelry Store n.d. ( Biddeford-Saco )
- Shiro Hardware : photograph and a short history 1965 ( Old Town )
- United Hardware & Supply - Exterior view 1926 ( to be determined )
- United Hardware & Supply -Sam and Arthur n.d. ( to be determined )
- United Hardware & Supply- inside view n.d. ( to be determined )

health
- Groundbreaking for Eastport Health Center 1981 ( )
- Miriam Cohen Accepts Keys to Eastport Health Center 1981 ( )

jewelry
- Building Ads in Biddeford for Sam's Place and Day's Jewelry Store n.d. ( Biddeford-Saco )
- Crown Jewelers c.1964 ( )
- Russakoff Jewelers n.d. ( )

knitting
- Emple Knitting Mills 1972 ( Mars Hill )

law
- Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson : The First 75 Years 1915 - 1990 ( Portland )

local area
- 126 Middle St, Portland May 24, 1924 ( Portland )
- 127-129 Middle St, Portland April 28, 1924 ( Portland )
- 77 Middle St, Portland : exterior of building May 3 1924 ( Portland )
- Prominent Local Business Man [William Levine] Dies in Boston July 6, 1946 ( )
- Jewish Owned Businesses in Caribou High School Yearbooks 1940s ( Caribou )
- Lyoe Lee, Jewish Manufacturers in Maine: The Gearshifters, paper prepared for Colby Jan 2011 course 2011 ( Waterville )
- Phyllis Graber Jensen, The Jewish Merchants of Lewiston's Lisbon Street 2011 ( Lewiston-Auburn )
- Sam Levine, " Occupational Trends of Jews in Kennebec County" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 ( Waterville )
- Selections on Jewish residents/merchants in "Munjoy Hill - Portland's Scenic Peninsula" 1984 ( )
- Zac Berkowitz, The Middle Merchants: Portland's Jewish Mercantile Community 2011 ( Portland )

medicine
- Dr Edward Kaplan's medical license n.d. ( )

not yet classified
- Photo from the Dave Astor Show n.d. ( )
- Samuel Zolov's buildings on Washington Ave, Portland n.d. ( Portland )
- Viner Advertisement 1948 ( )
- Worked for Max Ginsberg 1 n.d. ( )
- Worked for Max Ginsberg 2 n.d. ( )

pawn broker
- N Goodkowsky, advertisment as a pawn broker n.d. ( Biddeford-Saco )

peddler
- Israel Goldman of Old Town, peddler with his horse n.d. ( Old Town )
- W Lipsky Peddler Cart n.d. ( )

poultry
- 50 Years Ago: The Story of Lipman Poultry 7/29/2011 ( )
- Cattle & Dressed Meat ad by Louis Levine & Sons circa 1951 ( Waterville )
- Employees in front of Sanitary Market, Lisbon Street n.d. ( )
- Lipman Poultry Co Plant : Invitation to the Opening Ceremonies 1952 ( Augusta )
- Penobscot Poultry Co. exhibit n.d ( )
- Penobscot Poultry Company n.d ( )

real estate
- Sarah Levine Building with plaque (Main St) 1924 ( Waterville )

shoe
- Christmas Party, Viner Shoe Company (Cohens) c.1946 ( )
- Finks Bros Shoe Store : exterior of building n.d. ( Portland )
- H M Goldsmith store and history 1965 ( Old Town )
- Harriet Lerman and Phyllis Harrisbury at Mort Ross Shoes n.d. ( Portland )
- JCC Bulletin Vol 7 No 35 6/1/1945 ( )
- Morris Boots and Shoes n.d. ( to be determined )
- Penobscot Shoe Exterior and Old Town Shoe shop floor 1965 ( Old Town )
- Viner Brothers in the Shoe Factory 1930s ( Bangor )

tourism
- Dave Glovsky Guesses Weight of Louis Armstrong 1956 ( Old Orchard Beach )
- Lafayette Hotel : three postcard images n.d. ( Old Orchard Beach )
- Lafayette Hotel from W Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach n.d. ( Old Orchard Beach )

transport
- Aroostook Auto Parts Co : the Lander Family Lived on Second Floor 1949 circa ( Caribou )
- Buick '59 Ad for Flock Buick 1959 ( Auburn )
- Hebert Stern and his son Mark shoveling snow in front of an old Richfield gas station pump 1946 ( Portland )
- I. D. Wiener Store and Garage circa 1930s ( )
- Joe Lifshitz and Shep Lee in front of Advance Auto Sales n.d. ( Lewiston-Auburn )
- Wiener's Parlor Bus, Auburn circa 1930s ( )

variety
- Boston Store, Carroll Cut Rate, Henry Segal's Clothing Store 1960s ( Bangor )
- Cutler's Store and history 1965 ( Old Town )
- Franklin Variety (as known as Franklin Pharmacy) Business Records 1963, 1968, 1973 1963 ( not recorded )
- Ginsburg Variety Store n.d. ( Old Town )

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