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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"BUSINESSES FRENCH & ELLIOTT COMPANY Kelsey Callins and Katie Scott 8th Grade Students, Piscataquis Community Middle School Images by: Guilford…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… documented information is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's incorporation in 1789, except that many were involved…"

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Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… described here, under a cumulative title of “MHS Early Maine Photography." The photographs within the "MHS Early Maine Photography" collections…"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel Fox, Jr."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business Savage Family Hotel Page Images -III Click here to see pictures and read about the hotels and inns…"

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"In 1850 Ormsbee sold his business to his longtime assistant George M. Howe and returned to Boston. Alice Jane Means, ca."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Shipbuilding was also one of MDI’s early businesses. The sea has always played an important part of the survival of MDI."

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"These are a few ways that early and modern hospitals are similar. Alex Truax "How did early hospitals impact your life? Your future? Our future as a…"

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Fuller FoundryHubbard Free Library Each of the businesses that developed met a local need. The iron works produced iron parts and fittings for…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Nineteenth Century

"Early Nineteenth Century Leavitt family coat-dress, Eastport, ca. 1830Maine Historical Society Some fashion changes are distinct and occur…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Founding Fathers & Early History

"… something interesting about Lincoln's history.   Grant Clay Interview on Early Lincoln   John Edwards Interview on Early Settlers"

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"His business interests included real estate, banking, and cotton manufacturing. King began his political career in 1795, serving as both a…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"Early Twentieth Century Embellished velvet and silk gown, ca. 1895Maine Historical Society Lewiston's Mary King Scrimgeour's small, but…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… Patrick Keegan continued to carry on extensive business in English and West India goods. The Honorable William King of Bath, who owned the Knox…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"The early Town Warrants tell us the town hired Henry to build a box for their town records and to make a roller for the town maps."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Settlers Many of the early settlers came from Cheshire, New Hampshire, Newbury, Massachusetts, and Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Historical Society He needed to move part of the business here to be closer to the source of the raw materials required, primarily white birch…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… in 1920 was purchased by Lloyd Cartwright, doing business as the Minto Toothpick and Specialty Company, a Saginaw Michigan concern that processed…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… firm to establish their presence in the carpeting business, They also acquired Johnson Woolen of Connecticut adding raw wool scouring and grading…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It's wharf was busy transporting passengers and cargo to the mid-section of the island. Hewes Point consisted of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864

"… Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On the first page of "John…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"North side of Main Street Business Section, Thomaston, 1895Thomaston Historical Society North side of Main Street Business Block, Looking west…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"He is one of Thomaston’s earliest shipbuilders, credited with building at least two ships. General Henry Knox built coasters as early as 1796…"