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L.L.Bean was founded in 1912 by its namesake, hunter and fisherman Leon Leonwood Bean, in Freeport, Maine. The company began as a one-room operation selling a single product, the Maine Hunting Shoe, also known as duck boots [5] and later as Bean Boots. Bean had developed a waterproof boot, which is a combination of lightweight leather uppers ...
L.L. Bean told CNN on Thursday the outdoor goods retailer has shuttered its flagship retail store, corporate headquarters, factories and other facilities in Maine as authorities conduct a manhunt ...
Freeport is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Freeport in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Portland – South Portland – Biddeford , Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Freeport is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and town area. The population was 8,737 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Once home to a prominent shipbuilding industry, timber operations, and farming, it is now known for its numerous outlet stores; Freeport is home to L.L. Bean , Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park , and ...
At 19, Bean attended a year long business course at Kents Hill School, paying his way by selling soap. [7] In 1892, Bean worked in a Bangor creamery, followed by a job clerking in an Auburn clothing store. Bean married Bertha Porter in 1898. They moved to Freeport, her hometown, where he worked in his brother Otho's dry goods and clothing store.
The Freeport Main Street Historic District encompasses a 1-2 block area of Main Street (U.S. Route 1) in Freeport, Maine.It extends from Grove and Holbrook Streets in the south to Mill and Nathan Nye Streets in the north, just south of the L. L. Bean complex.
Her largest Maine restaurant was Linda Bean's Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern located across from the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport, Maine, the original site of a tavern built there in 1790. [12] On September 27, 2010, Bean purchased the original tavern location from a retired fellow Freeport native George Denney. [13]
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