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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… to answer the following: What research method is appropriate for your inquiry? What are appropriate ways to gather, synthesize, and report…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening, and were appropriate and enthusiastic.”"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… of Bangor designed a series of gates and fences appropriate for different uses. Gate no 6, he wrote on page 13 of his "Scrap Book No 3," "is…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846

"… below & as I was some deformed it was a very appropriate garment for me." In the spring of 1846, he bought the stove pipe hat, which had just come…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"… contributed to demand for, and development of, appropriate, comfortable work and sporting attire."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… to purchase a site for the building and raise the appropriate funds for construction. Land on the Cromwell Harbor Road, near the Kebo Valley Club…"

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"The most difficult issue was keeping an appropriate, proper enforcement of the law against the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,” after the popular major general, who reorganized the…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… passages, provide broad contextual background at appropriate points in the narrative. Throughout the text, attention is drawn to items or…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… new role in the workforce with shorter lengths, appropriate for the work place. During the war, there were many restrictions placed upon materials…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"… community no longer considers the term costume appropriate when describing ceremonial clothing, clothing associated with specific communities, or…"

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… Community Middle School felt that this was an appropriate title for their exhibit. Like the mythological creature the Phoenix, who rose out of the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… of dancing, of "proper" society, of health, of appropriate manners, instructions for dances, and details about the various members of the…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… first town meeting in the year 1821, Cumberland appropriated $550 for education and accepted students, ranging in age from five through…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… pled with him to be reimbursed for the Crown appropriating large amounts of timber for the Royal Navy, which he seemingly had no interest in…"

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on 68 High Street."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"It too bore appropriate patriotic bunting. Firehouse decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The bandstand, a prime…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Eastport Ferry Prior to construction of an appropriate landing in Lubec passengers and freight were ferried across the bay to Eastport to board…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation. A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands…"

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Caribou Public Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… that were hard to clean and did not have appropriate antibacterial cleaning supplies. The equipment they used would be considered outdated in…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… into house lots, formed a nonprofit organization, appropriately named “Skyline Farm,” to save the farm and collection."

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Colby College Special Collections

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