All posts tagged "Great Depression"
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20.0K7New England PlacesThe Oldest Business in Each New England State
Family-owned businesses are becoming a thing of the past as Amazon and Walmart gobble up everything in sight. But the independent business...
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15.6K3New England PlacesThe New England Summer Theater — Six of the Oldest
Summer theater has been a feature of New England resort towns since a Maine entrepreneur started staging plays in a former skating...
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48.3K14Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
Woe to the presidential wannabe who doesn’t study the New Hampshire accent before entering the First in the Nation Presidential Primary (and...
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57.0K12Business and LaborSix Sears Houses
In the early part of the 20th century, you could buy Sears houses for the price of a good pair of shoes...
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42.6K2Business and LaborThe Ghost Locomotives of the Great Maine Wilderness
Deep in the heart of Maine’s Allagash region sit two ghost locomotives silently rusting in the wilderness. Only a few intrepid canoes,...
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71.9K18Business and LaborSix Historic Downtown Department Stores
In the time before Amazon, downtown department stores used to provide a special shopping experience. People dressed up when they went to...
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