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Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943
"He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his service. He was discharged September 15, 1945. View additional information about this item on…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930
"The driver is Art Morgan and the helper by the back is Frank Sigue. The buildings in the background are at the location of the former Lake Mall area."
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Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep
"… Our Keep Hallowell Boom and Steam Co., Log Drivers, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library How do you earn your daily bread? How do you…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13
"… the digger lags would come apart and the digger driver had to shut the digger down to fix it. "The digger broke down" meant that there will be a…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13
"… by a hydraulic pump that would allow the tractor driver to control the digger. eliminating the need for a rider to operate the controls."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction
"… League baseball player Mike Bordick, and NASCAR driver Ricky Craven have in common? The fact is all of these noted people have strong ties to…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13
"These were operated by the truck driver. Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850
"… trimmings the glass lamps on the side of the drivers seat were cut the windows were one pane of clear thick German glass and also the window to the…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13
"The digger tractor driver and the truck drivers also get a chance to talk to the pickers. These gentlemen had to unload empty barrels and then load…"
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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals
"… four thefts of personal property, one fast driver, one malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street, and one disturbing public meeting …"
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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company
"Steam and Boom Company, Log Driver's Shack, Hallowell, ca.1890Hubbard Free Library Raftsmen often in red shirts, stood on little platforms at either…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13
"The truck driver has to drive the truck very smoothly, no quick starts or stops. A quick start could cause man and barrel to fall off the back of the…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3
"… for a nine-hour day; a double team of horses and driver was to be paid $4.50 per day for a nine-hour day; the first foreman was to receive $4.00…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"Drivers, the equivalent of today's taxi drivers, were expected to keep late hours and endure all sorts of bad weather."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"Dr. Bell performed an emergency operation, while the driver held a kerosene lamp for him. Because the two dared to take the risk, some fortunate…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"… town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to break up jams and keep the mass moving downstream."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"… Sept 21, 1922 by John R Braden (John Willard, Driver) lowering the track record from 206 ¾ made by Earl Jr 1913 to 206 1/4 Presque Isle…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"However, drivers could also avoid stopping in Bath and spending money at local stores. Many large department stores left Bath for Brunswick and…"
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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades
"Will Brown was one of the first drivers of a Model T in the area. He bought his first Model T in 1904."
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational
"Five tintypes of Bangor origin depict river drivers in their work clothes and spiked leather boots. In one of these images, two loggers exhibit the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware
"… a place to buy hammers, nails, bolts, and screw drivers so they could build the buildings that make our town what it is today. E.A."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby
"In addition he acted as a field driver, bringing in stray farm animals that had wandered off or roamed at large."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"From there, the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs. Finally, the lumberman sawed the logs into lumber for…"