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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
Aaron Jellison of Lewiston brings the five 68-inch-tall Nutcrackers that he bought at Walmart in Auburn on Black Friday. Jellison got in line outside the store at 2 a.m. so that he could get as many of the Christmas decorations as he could. "My wife said to get eight of them, but they only had five." "Good thing," said Jellison. "I didn't think that one through very well," Jellison said about getting the Nutcrackers in the car.
Aaron Jellison of Lewiston secures his purchase of five 68-inch-tall Nutcrackers in the parking lot of Walmart in Auburn on Black Friday. Jellison got in line outside the store at 2 a.m. so that he could get as many of the Christmas decorations as he could. "My wife said to get eight of them, but they only had five." "Good thing," said Jellison. "I didn't think that one through very well," Jellison said about getting the Nutcrackers in the car.
Dom Jones, left, and Gavin Hanson get ready to open up Game Stop at 7 a.m. Friday in Auburn. "It's been a crazy two weeks," Jones said.
Shoppers head into Walmart in Auburn shortly after the doors opened at 5 a.m. Black Friday.
Sharon Larose, left, and Eden Gagne, both of Auburn, wait for Kohl's to open in Auburn on Black Friday. "We got here at 4 a.m. because we couldn't sleep," said Larose. "We were so excited." Toys for Larose's four children and Gagne's one child was on the shopping list.
Shopping carts were used at Walmart in Auburn on Friday to make sure those in line were socially distanced.
Elizabeth Homan of Lewiston waits in line outside Walmart in Auburn on Black Friday. Homan got in line with Matt Fisher at 2:30 a.m..
Aleiah Ward of Auburn and her mother, Marie Ward, wait in line at Walmart on Black Friday in Auburn. "She talked me into this. So as tired as I am, I came," said Marie Ward. Aleiah Ward, an eighth grader at Auburn Middle School, has been saving the money she has earned from babysitting to buy an iPhone on Black Friday.
Joel Stubbs, left, Jacob Hodgman, Sam Leighton and Idrif Bashir wait outside Game Stop in Auburn on Thursday afternoon. Stubbs got in line at 10 a.m. to be sure he could buy one of two PlayStation 5 game consoles that the store had to sell when the doors opened at 7 a.m on Friday. Stubbs and Hodgman both bought the PlayStation 5. Leighton was one of the next nine customers who could purchase the Xbox Series X. Bashir had the option to buy an Xbox, but he had to give his ticket #4 away as the store was about to open because the person he had lined up to bring him $500 fell through.
Joel Stubbs holds his ticket he received for being the first person in line at Game Stop in Auburn on Friday. The ticket gave Stubbs the option to purchase one of only two PlayStation 5's that the store had to sell. Stubbs was offered $1,300 cash for his first-in-line ticket. "I said no," said Stubbs. Ticket holders with number 3 through 11 had the option of buying the new Xbox Series X. Both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X sell for $500.
Joel Stubbs leaves Game Stop in Auburn with a PlayStation 5 shortly after the store opened at 7 a.m. on Black Friday. The 2020 graduate of Edward Little High School got in line at 10 a.m. Thursday to be sure he would get one of only two PlayStation 5's that the store had to sell. Stubbs was offered $1,300 cash for his first-in-line ticket. "I said no," said Stubbs.
