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The Cedars

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Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"A lot of children worked at the age of seven, they worked in mills or moving heavy loads. The children didn't get time to play or rest; and they…"

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"The number over sixty years of age, 9; the oldest is 84; the youngest 18; average age about 63. There have been no deaths, and the general health of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"He started his career at age twenty working for Howard Michaud as a meat cutter and clerk. Michaud’s store was on the corner of State and Exchange…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women were expected to replace them in the workforce, and people of all ages…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"At left is Ada as she was dressed from ages 4 to 6 at left, reading a book. Martin wrote, "reading picture books and primmers and giving the names of…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… Collection, the images of two aged Revolutionary War veterans are contrasted with those of several young men who served in the Civil War. Simon…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… a century – long enough to be photographed in old age. Legend often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the German immigrant…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"… a Presque Isle institution, passed away at the age of 89 in December of 2004. X Sources: Graves III, Richard A."

Camp Runoia

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"This boy is one of the age 11-14 group who "were uniformed in Zouave, red, picken red caps, white waists, red cambrick pants white cotton stockings…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"1855Maine Historical Society In this age of cotton industry growth, attractive 1840s printed cottons were affordable and readily available, yet they…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… the lives of the entire crew, including William Drew, age 15, and Charles Pierce, the son of E. G. Pierce, age 21. Next step in our journey."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"At the age of twenty-one in 1845 he rented a room in Portland’s City Hall in order to make crayon portraits of local residents."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… “They are not so.” Phebe’s losses had not yet aged her. Phebe's Hymnal Zoom in to read the faintly penciled banter.Surry Historical Society…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"At the age of twenty in 1872, Coombs entered the office of Lewiston architect Charles F. Douglas as a draftsman."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The group was made up of five people: Eli Weston, age 12; Isaac Smith, age 15; Joseph Weston; Peter Haywood; and Samuel Weston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"Harding, age 80, at his home in Thomaston. The following two clips discuss his family history, his experiences during the Great Depression, and his…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"At age 18 he founded La Fanfare Painchaud (Painchaud's Band), which would become one of the most famous bands of its time, and played all over New…"

Norway Historical Society

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Bethel Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… Two daguerreotypes Sarah Sullivan Richards at age seven and age ten depict mourning through memory."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… Mabelle Strout Savage (1877-1965), at the young age of 19 when he was summoned back to Asticou from his post-high school education in Massachusetts…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… children of the State." X The girls, ages seven through fifteen attended classes and participated in many other activities like singing."