No Dime-Store Auction ; a Woolworth Collection Goes On the Block in Fairfield
Portland Press Herald › January 07, 2004
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A veil of privacy will lift from one of Maine's wealthy lakeside estates Thursday when a collection of art, furniture and personal belongings of the Woolworth family is offered at auction.
The Woolworths of Monmouth are descendants of the family that began the chain of five-and-dime stores bearing their name in the United States and Europe.See the full content of this document
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No Dime-Store Auction ; a Woolworth Collection Goes On the Block in Fairfield
In the early 1900s, the family purchased hundreds of acres on Cobbosseecontee Lake, eventually expanding the compound to more than 1,000 acres and dozens of buildings, including a two-la...
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