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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.
Norma Williams of Minot tries to keep warm while waiting in line around 11:30 p.m. Thursday for Kohl's to open at midnight in Auburn. Williams, 21, said shopping with her mother, Lisa Williams, on Black Friday has been a tradition since she was 13-years-old.
A Walmart Santa tends to customers on Black Friday inside the Auburn store.
People wait in line late Thursday outside JCPenney in Auburn for the store to open at midnight.
People wait in line late Thursday outside the Auburn Walmart for the store to open at midnight.
Lennessa Binette, left, and Maggie Sidelinger, both of Lewiston, were the first two customers to enter the Auburn Walmart when the doors opened at midnight Friday.
Emily Ouellette of Auburn tries to keep warm while waiting in line around 11 p.m. Thursday for Walmart to open at midnight in Auburn.
Dave Mackenzie of Minot and his son, DJ, leave Walmart with a 50-inch smart television just after midnight in Auburn on Friday morning. The $148 deal was worth the trouble, said Mackenzie.
Valarie Dumont, left, of Auburn, Katie Thibodeau, center, of Lewiston, Kristina Thibodeau, right, of Lewiston and Judy Mitchell, back, of Eastport wait in line around 11 p.m. Thursday for Walmart to open at midnight in Auburn.
Jonathan Carsley, left, of Lewiston waits in line shortly before midnight Friday to buy his daughter a Nintendo Switch at GameStop in Auburn.
"We did it," hollered Amanda Dodge, front left, of Buckfield, Becky Horr of Sabattus, Tim Carro, back left, of Buckfield and John Iadarola of Lewiston as an employee of JCPenney approached the front door just before midnight in Auburn on Thursday. Coupons worth up to $500 were handed out to people as they walked in the door at midnight.
Carry Gosselin, left, and her sister, Tracy Hood, both of Lewiston, pick up a 50-inch smart television in a windy Walmart parking lot in Auburn just after midnight Friday morning. The siblings waited in line from 8 p.m. to midnight to be able to grab a deal on the television and another TV for their parents.
