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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was Collector of Customs and Joseph C…"

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

"… 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground. He immediately turned and saw Haley stuck, then raised the alarm."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Beaulier who operated it as a boarding house. Beaulier sold the house in 1944 to the Bell Telephone Company and they used it to house out-of-town…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers. Eva Wheaton talks about the boarding houses in her audio."

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… on Parker Point and the creation of The Homestead boarding house provided incentive to spend long summers along Maine’s beautiful coast."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"Comments may be directed to the Board of Directors of the Blue Hill Historical Society at info@bluehillhistory.org."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… office is at one of the schools, but the school board meetings are still held at City Hall. Also, the Bath Police Department has its own building…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… she went to work at the Massey House, a Minturn boarding house for quarry workers. She met and fell in love with David Cruickshank Morris, and…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"He was paid $6 a week, which included the board for his horse. It seems that he was principal for less than a year, for one Elias Upton was…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"These kids performed the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Main Street Bath and the City of Bath Planning Board deserve special mention for their significant contributions."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… politics, he was a Member of the Park & Cemetery Board. He was prominent in Masonic Lodges, and he was a member of the Knights Templar."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… had a visible result on the island; there were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels, restaurants, movies, and dances."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Prior to the ferry service, this meant attending boarding school, or boarding with other families in the Rockland and Mount Desert Island area."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

"… (1830-1918) of Brewer often dove off a pile of boards on Covaly's wharf in Hampden in order to retrieve an egg that his friends dropped in the…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy. Most of the pines measured about a yard across and…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"The students and teachers wrote on the boards with chunks of chalk and erased with cloth rags. Soon, the slate board was invented and it was then…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - St. John's Episcopal Church Building

"It is the oldest standing public building in Presque Isle. Sources: Gauffreau, Kay. "House of Worship Holds Honor Of Being The Oldest Church Building…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… and Slate Pencils Laura, grade 7 Photo of slate boards taken by students X Over the years, the writing utensils that students use have…"

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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… and culture resources, the Hallowell Area Board of Trade striving to make our city a great place to live, learn and do business and the Firemen’s…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… to the School Administrative District #76 School Board. She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against the opinions of…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"Joseph Berry built the Knox House (later changed to Knox Hotel) in 1828. A stable stood in the rear, the source of a disastrous fire in 1915 that…"