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Site Pages
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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 2 of 2
"… than any snow report the oldest inhabitant ever saw. Blizzard, Lubec, January 21, 1934 Lubec Historical Society Blizzard, Lubec, January…"
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2
"From a cost standpoint, circular sawed lumber made possible the large barns required by the emerging dairy industry in the post-Civil War period."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Historical Buildings
"… the regional natural resources and the methods of construction used illustrate its values and how it saw itself in relation to others."
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Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited
"12, 2010). The Blizzard of 1952 As Folks Saw It In Lewiston And Auburn; This Pictorial Record Shows Problems Posed By Heavy Snow Lewiston Journal."
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"Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James Andrews and Sons began a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"New to the market were jig saws and circular saws, which were used to make decorative treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867
"… the more I viewed it the more curious things I saw about it." He asked who owned the building and then proceeded to sketch it on a bill he had in…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"… Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in the two saw mills for five years. In the beginning, all the lumber was used in Lincoln…"
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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus
"Each decade after the Revolution saw the population of the area increase by 10,000 or more. Two of the early arrivals were Ephraim and Martha…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3
"When they saw people playing and rolling around in the cold powder, my parents thought they were absolutely crazy."
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"They saw the opportunity for making fast cash off the high bidders. This further drove the two towns into financial crisis."
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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2
"Prides owned a saw mill that covered approximately 2,000 square feet. That helped them extremely. They sawed 4 foot bolt wood, mostly white birch and…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864
"… Templars were the most magnificent body I ever saw," John Martin of Bangor wrote in his account of their appearance at the consecration of the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island
"Early Years on Mt. Desert Island Higgins Saw Mill, Somesville, 1890 Higgins Saw Mill which is believed to have been located in…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script
"FROM THERE I SAW ROOFS BEING THROWN AROUND AND I SAW MR. GROVER RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations
"… Maine State Museum When he visited Belfast and saw a house he admired, John Martin stopped to sketch it -- in great detail."
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3
"Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society As the new village began to grow and more settlers arrived, simple subsistence…"
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Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge
"The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as a "snap-dragon." Around 1906 Hollis bought a steam engine…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI
"The late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867
"… drew a number of illustrations of what he saw as the ideal gates and fences for different locales and purposes."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889
"… (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper, first saw the electric railroad in operation on July 4, 1889 and drew this illustration of it."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses
"… list are surviving home dresses, that obviously saw long years of wear for domestic duties, during pregnancies, and unlikely seen beyond the home…"