Ramsdell hardware store in Norway

Wilmer M. Ramsdell’s Hardware Store, 420-424 Nelson Street (Main Street), Norway, ca. 1905-1910: Wilmer M. Ramsdell moved his stock of hardware from the Flanagan Block in Norway’s Old Town to his new brick store at 420-424 Nelson Street (Main Street) on May 1, 1905. This photograph, possibly taken shortly thereafter, shows Ramsdell, left, an unidentified customer, center, and son Ellis T. Ramsdell, a clerk in the store, right. Note the whips hanging against the wall at the left and the parlor stoves at the right. The store burned February 3, 1977. [Lorraine (Ramsdell) Smokovitz]