LaVerdiere's Drug Stores Unisex Quarter Zip Pullover

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Wear a piece of Maine retail history with this LaVerdiere's quarter zip pullover. The company began in Waterville in 1922 and grew into a chain of more than 70 stores throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. LaVerdiere's combined pharmacy services with general merchandise and seasonal goods, creating a familiar stop in small-town life. Its story also includes 1980s Action Family Arcade locations and a 1994 purchase by Rite Aid, giving collectors plenty to explore beyond the storefront name.

LaVerdiere's Super Drug Stores, commonly called LaVerdiere's, began in 1922 when Evariste LaVerdiere opened a news stand on Main Street in Waterville, Maine. The business grew into a soda fountain and then a drug store. Based in Waterville, the chain eventually operated more than 70 stores in small towns across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Alongside pharmacy services, its stores sold general merchandise, toys, and seasonal Halloween and Christmas decorations. In the 1980s, some locations included Action Family Arcade; the company operated 42 of these arcades during that decade. The stores were designed at 5,000 square feet, a size that allowed Sunday opening under Maine's former blue laws. Company president Stephen LaVerdiere later identified repeal of those laws as a source of increased competition from larger retailers. In 1994, Rite Aid purchased the company while expanding in Northern New England. Walgreens later operated in many former LaVerdiere's locations in Maine into the mid-2020s. LaVerdiere's history also entered popular culture through Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog, which describes the store and its Halloween goods aisle.

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Width, in	19.00	20.50	22.00	23.50	25.00	26.50	28.50	30.50
Length, in	27.00	28.00	29.00	30.00	31.00	32.00	32.50	33.00
Sleeve length, in	34.20	35.00	35.75	36.50	37.25	38.00	38.75	39.50