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Dam across Prestile Stream, Presque Isle, 1910

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… brother, Walter, stayed in Bangor and, in 1886, went to work for AL & RC Boyd on Hammond Street selling candy and fruit."

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"In 1886, William Henry Alley, an amateur photographer, took this picture of two canneries at the beginning of Commercial Street in Lubec."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… mentions several athletic encounters as early as 1886. How “organized” these teams actually were is anyone’s guess, maybe they were teams that just…"