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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"Everybody came to the picnic because it was the last thing before school started. Families had this picnic lunch because they could not afford to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948

"… small building is the Shanty Restaurant with Sadie's Lunch next to it. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Warren Delaware recalled bringing his own lunch to Dunstan School in the 1920s.“I carried a sandwich and a jar of milk."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"… they had nothing else to do when they had eaten lunch. The next day they were sicker than dogs! Edwena’s family worked for several different…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"… to the school, you were allowed to go home to eat lunch. He would play football and baseball with the neighborhood kids."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"She had to bring her own lunch in grade school, but during wintertime her school always had a pot of soup ready in case it was cold outside."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… taking islanders out for a cruise and dinner or lunch in Stonington or Isle Au Haut. During the summer months Normie provides these very popular…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in Vietnam. “Only the rich people ate breakfast,” my mother said."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… the history of Higgins Beach and hosts a picnic lunch at The Breakers Scarborough MCHP team launches completed website at a community event held at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"… that as a small child she would take a picnic lunch up to the dam cabin to meet her grandfather and patrol the perimeter of the dam with Asa."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"Lunch took place in our historic City Hall. During the winter they visited the Maine State Museum and the Archives to further their understanding of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They had four meals: breakfast, two lunches, and a supper. A cook accompanied the loggers, sometimes good and sometimes, well, not-so-good."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"Like I’ll tell you I had to take my lunch with me. That was a problem of course getting that together."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… to warm their corn cakes and potatoes for lunch. Unfortunately the Guilford Center School met an early demise as it became the first casualty of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Then I have lunch break and dinner break. I don’t start work until 9 in the morning. I get paid monthly; it’s just enough for me to pay my rent here."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"For her lunch Lura carried two apples and a piece of gingerbread. Lura would usually walk back home after the afternoon session."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… and later a restaurant open everyday serving tea, lunch, dinner and after theater snacks. During those years they continued with Broadway hits such…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… that for the first few years MDIHS students ate lunch at cafeteria tables according to what town they were from and associated with one another by…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch for all the firefighters that were there to help."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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