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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2

"While exhibiting traditional braced frame construction with a rafter-purlin roof, the framing members are circular sawed, as are the piles of boards…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… Tool was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… who was born in Walpole, MA, built the first framed house on High Street in 1762. The Fales families on High Street above the Mill Creek/River…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"… tablet with heavy border similar to a deep gilt frame inscribed in black letters / Annie (which is marked 3) this and the Salver of white Lillies…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Framed houses had replaced log cabins, the first framed house being built on High Street above Mill River."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… of men holding compasses, folding rules, and framing squares. The building trades are illustrated in pictures of carpenters with planes and saws…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the rear, according to the fashion of the times; and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Christmas tree frame work, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society Christmas Tree work, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical…"

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

"Whole frames would be cut according to requirements and then shipped north for construction and assemblage on the shores along Water Street. <-Prev."

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"… drawings, such as floor plans, elevations, framing or engineering plans. On occasion, photographs, specifications or other supplemental materials…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… provides access to vital primary resources for framing scholarship, programs, exhibitions, and civic dialog about land and waterways in Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… barn was dismantled and its components used to frame the construction of a 13-stall automobile garage built by Richard and Ralph and used for a…"

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

"… eleven feet long by three feet wide is handsomely framed in dark oak and reinforced with brass stays."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"He used to do a big business with birchbark frames. He didn’t have to go to Bar Harbor to sell them because people came to him.” Continue to…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… But now, they’ve gone in peace to reign First Framed House X The second settler, Capt. Josiah Parker, a Revolutionary War soldier came to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"Often, Wabanakis used chair backs as frames for wrapping long lengths of sweetgrass braided for basketry."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"The church itself was framed and covered by James Stackpole, taking three days and drawing a large crowd of spectators and assistants from the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Middle Street’s small frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… purposes that included elevations, floor plans, framing plans, and building details. One of the first Maine architects to make renderings, also…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Stephen Titcomb's Frame House Built in 1788.Farmington Historical Society Stephen Titcomb lived on the farm for 59 years."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… for use in the textile industry on the spinning frames. This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall described one as “an oblong wooden frame having four legs, the sides extending far enough beyond the end to serve as handles.” (P. 456)."