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

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lydia Abbott Titcomb and Pine Tree Cottage, Farmington, ca. 1875

"… Pine Tree Cottage, taken between 1875 and 1880. Located at 4 Academy Street in Farmington. The woman in the photograph is Lydia Abbott Titcomb…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"… is the sign, "Photography Rooms." Note the late 1880's fashions. The woman on the right in the doorway is Larla Smith (ne Mrs. Sidney Graves)."

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Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… Hallowell had a sandpaper mill which was built in 1880, owned by Mr. Ben Tenney, and located above the Wire Mill Road on the Vaughan Stream."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Between 1875 and 1880 the two men received seventy-five commissions for houses, churches, schools, business blocks, and factories."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

"The pastor at that time was Joseph Roberts. In 1880, land was purchased on the corner of what is now Second and State Streets and the building known…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… 1806, 1807, 1810Biddeford Historical Society By 1880 almost 50% of Biddeford's residents were foreign-born, with different cultures and religions…"

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Dolan, Anne Robinson. Surry, Maine, 1850-1880, A History of Four Neighborhoods, 1997. LeVine, Sarah (editor), Toddy Pond, Hancock County, Maine, A…"

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

"She was the second oldest child. In 1880, she had married G. Fred Snow, and the couple moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"1880 wine-colored taffeta bustle skirt. The skirt has deep pleats of velvet and taffeta along the hemline, and a short wine velvet basque adorned…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Condon, Richard H. “Maine in depression and war, 1929-1945.” In Maine: the Pine Tree State from prehistory to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"1900Mexico Historical Society In the census of 1880 taken by Henry W. Parks there are 12 families living in the village of Mexico including his…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… office boy to become Fassett’s junior partner in 1880. That year the young architect opened a branch office of the firm in Boston to oversee the…"

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"Police did not have bullets until 1880. Eventually, officers of the police department were given revolvers to defend themselves and their community…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… reached its zenith in Maine between 1845 and 1880. Many of the ships built on the Maine coast were owned and crewed by locals."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life work: “Have worked on 83 vessels more or less – 84 dwelling…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"It was retired in 1880, and when it was used, they didn't have hydrants but used reservoirs. Some large events the Tiger was in are fires while…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Fassett trained both young men as draftsmen. From 1880 to 1884 Stevens served as Fassett’s junior partner, the position Tompson would hold from 1886…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"First, their time on the island (beginning in 1880) was relatively early in the history of Mount Desert’s development as a tourist destination."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"In that year a new Town Hall was built with classroom space available to serve as a school as well as handle the affairs of the town of Guilford. By…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950, 2005, University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"By 1880 the population had grown to 787 and 4,438 acres of the former forest were planted in grass or crops."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."