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Gin recipe, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: Ink on paper

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South side of Water Street, Skowhegan, 1884

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1884 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

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