Keywords: 1926
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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center school, ca. 1950
"… The Lincoln Center school was built in 1926 to replace an older one-room schoolhouse. The old school is still standing and is now the Lincoln…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection
"… Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text by Cindy Dykes Images from Maine Historical…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"Shortened by 1924, skirts were shortest about 1926-27, and lengthened again by 1929. The new leg-exposing skirt length was a true revolution."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915
"on Route One between Thomaston and Rockland. In 1926 the Lawrence Portland Cement Company took over the business, and within a year began the…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill
"… tradition continued up until Kneisel’s death in 1926. 1920-1940: The Blue Hill Troupe: In the summer of 1924, parents encouraged their children to…"
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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3
"… objects lost in these floods, the flood of 1926, the flood of 1934, and last but not least the flood of 1987 and those objects couldn’t be…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3
"… eyesight and had suffered a nervous breakdown in 1926. She was no longer able to live in Phillips year round, but would return to Saint Anthony's…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"In 1926 The Strathglass Fife Band of Mexico and Rumford was formed. First practices were held in the Rumford Band Room on Canal Street but later…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"… 50¢ a week for doing the janitorial work in 1926. The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week. The teacher usually boarded with a family in the area…"
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"Until 1926 this building was used as a high school, but after this, Surry students chose to go to Ellsworth High School, where they performed very…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"… to the town fathers by the village residents in 1926. They provided donation of money and in-kind work up to $500 as long as it was big enough to…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland
"There is no indication in DOT's records whether the bridge was ever repaired, or if the crossing remained without a bridge from 1926 until 1953."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"… on the third floor of the Ledyard Block from 1907-1926. James C. Ledyard was a Mason himself, which may be why the Masons held their meetings at…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"In 1926, a group of Chicago business men made a bid to buy the power company. Gould set the price at $2,000,000, or $400 per share."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"… his father's home, and died on December 29, 1926 at his home on 1135 Washington Street due to a life-threatening disease at age 82."
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5
"Then in 1926 it was refurnished and completely redone. New furniture and security systems were added to improve the bank by 75%."
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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966
"… classrooms until a new high school was built in 1926. In 1928, the magnificently built Town Hall was completely burned to the ground."
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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools
"… it one year later almost to the day (April 5, 1926). Guilford High School ruins, Guilford, 1925Guilford Historical Society The new ultra…"
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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family
"Their house burned to the ground in 1926, so the family proceeded to move to the mainland. They had their Golden Anniversary celebration on September…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester Jordan and Phillips Payson purchased land for an airport off Manson Libby Road."
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