Maine Jews in the Textile Industry

Cloak And Dry Goods

Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 1 1905-05-24 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 10 1905-09-23 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 11 1905-10-18 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 12 1905-10-21 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 13 1905-10-25 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 14 1905-10-28 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 15 1905-11-15 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 16 1905-12-02 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 17 1905-12-06 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 18 1905-12-16 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 2 1905-05-31 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 3 1905-06-17 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 4 1905-06-25 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 5 1905-07-01 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 6 1905-07-05 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 7 1905-07-15 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 8 1905-08-02 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 9 1905-08-12 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 19 1915-08-07 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 20 1917-12-01 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 21 1918-03-09 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 22 1918-03-30 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 23 1918-04-06 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 24 1918-04-20 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 25 1918-06-08 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 26 1918-06-15 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 27 1918-07-06 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 28 1918-07-20 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 29 1918-08-03 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 30 1918-09-14 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 31 1918-11-16 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 32 1918-11-30 (Bath)
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods - Advert 33 1918-12-14 (Bath)

Clothing

Chain Apparel Shops date not known (Madawaska)
Exterior of Levine's Store on Maine Street date not known (Waterville)
Filene's Complex Study Report (p.23-24) date not known (Bath )
Interior of Levines with Howard Miller date not known (Waterville)
Jack Cohen fits customer date not known (Bangor)
Jacob and Sam Cohen Store date not known (Bangor)
Jacob Rubinsky retires date not known (Portland)
Joe Solovich In Store date not known (Bath)
Levines Standings Outside of Levine's date not known (Waterville)
Levinsky's Army & Navy Store : exterior of building date not known (Portland)
Morris Berson Enjoys Friendly Atmosphere date not known
Solovich Clothing Sign date not known (Bath)
Solovich- the clothier date not known (Bath)
W M Levine Store with William Levine Outside date not known (Waterville)
Webster's Triangle Brand Dictionary distributed by Wm Levine & Son, exterior cover date not known (Waterville)
Joe Solovich Sign date not known (Bath)
S J Goldstein - Advert 1 1880-08-21 (Bath)
S J Goldstein - Advert 2 1881-02-19 (Bath)
S J Goldstein - Advert 3 1881-04-16 (Bath)
S J Goldstein - Advert 4 1882-07-08 (Bath)
S J Goldstein - Advert 5 1882-08-12 (Bath)
S A Isaacson - Advert 1 1884-12-06 (Bath)
S A Isaacson - Advert 2 1884-12-20 (Bath)
S A Isaacson - Advert 3 1885-05-16 (Bath)
S A Isaacson - Advert 4 1885-09-19 (Bath)
S A Isaacson - Advert 5 1885-10-17 (Bath)
Cutler's Store 1900 c (Old Town)
Joe Solovich in his store 1920s (Bath)
Julius and Olive Nathan in front of Nathan's Apparel Shop late 1920s - early 1930s (Rumford)
Israel Cutler's Store 1926 (Old Town)
Morris S Povich - Advert 2 1927-01-06 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 1 1928-02-02 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 2 1928-02-16 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 3 1928-03-15 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 4 1928-05-03 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 1 1928-1929 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 3 1928-06-21 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 5 1929-11-03 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 6 1931-12-17 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 4 1931-10-12 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 5 1931-10-15 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 6 1931-11-19 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 7 1932-08-04 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 8 1932-12-15 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 9 1932-12-29 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 10 1933-08-31 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 11 1933-12-28 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 7 1936-02-13 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 12 1936-01-16 (Bath)
L & L Manufacturing business card circa 1940
Markson Brothers - Advert 1 1941-10-09 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 2 1942-10-22 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 3 1944-03-30 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 11 1946-1947 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 4 1948-03-18 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 5 1948-03-25 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 1 1949-01-13 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 2 1949-03-03 (Bath)
Bersons in Westbrook circa 1950
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 3 1950-03-16 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 4 1950-04-13 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 5 1950-04-27 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 6 1950-05-18 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 7 1950-07-27 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 8 1950-09-14 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 8 1951-09-06 (Bath)
Sherman Clothier - Advert 1 1951-09-06 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 10 1952-09-04 (Bath)
Max Kutz - Advert 9 1952-03-13 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 13 1952-10-02 (Bath)
Morris S Povich - Advert 14 1953-04-30 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 9 1954-03-04 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 6 1954-04-01 (Bath)
Markson Brothers - Advert 7 1954-04-08 (Bath)
Sherman Clothier - Advert 2 1954-03-04 (Bath)
Mademoiselle Shop - Advert 10 1959-07-30 (Bath)
Boston Store, Carroll Cut Rate, Henry Segal's Clothing Store 1960s (Bangor)
Boston Store, Carroll Cut Rate, Henry Segal's Clothing Store 1960s (Bangor)
Cutler's Store and history 1965 (Old Town)
Eastport Clothing Store (Berman's) Closes 24 Nov 1974 (Eastport )
Eastport Clothing Store (Berman's) Closes Its Doors 1974 (Eastport )
Levine's Store with Percy and Lewis Levine and Howard Miller 1992 (Waterville)
Filene's Complex Study Report 2006 (Bath )
Cash Register from Levine's: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century 06/13/11 (Waterville)
Sarah Miller Arnon and Julie Miller Soros, The History of Levine's: The Store for Men and Boys 2011 (Waterville)
Al Weinbeg, the businessman and the voice May 2, 2014

Hats

Hat stretcher from Levine's: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century 06/13/11 (Waterville)

Lingerie

Morris Berson of Lady Grace Store in Portland, age 94 1999ca (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

MerchantDisplayAds/Filene/Nobby Neckwear (c. 1888) c. 1888 (Bath )

Suits

Solovich Ad For Suits date not known (Bath)

Tailoring And Dressmaking

Worked for Max Ginsberg 1 date not known (Bangor)
Worked for Max Ginsberg 2 date not known (Bangor)
Louis Goldberg and Others in front of Louis' Ladies Tailoring & Dressmaking shop 1912 (Portland)
Louis Goldberg and colleagues in front of his Ladies Tailoring & Dressmaking shop 1912 (Portland )

Textiles

"Minor Blaze Extinguished at Local Mill [Emple Knitting]" and an advert for Emple Knitting Mills date not known (Brewer)
Advertisement for Emple Knitting Mills date not known (Bangor )
"Fire Damages Building Occupied by Emple Knitting Mills Here" 1/3/1956 (Brewer)
"Emple Planning $400,000 Plant at Brewer Site" 1/7/1960 (Brewer)
"Joseph Emple, Knitting Mills Founder, Dies" 4/22/1970 (Bangor)
Flexibility, an Emple watchword, also spells sweater sales success 7 Feb 1972 (Brewer )
Emple Knitting Mills 1972 (Brewer)

Weavers

Jewish Weavers Evolve Plan to Revive Textile Industry in Lodz, Poland July 8, 1926

Woman Seamstress

Unidentified Seamstress, Worked for Max Ginsberg date not known (Bangor? )

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