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Whitefield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Arts Study Club Program, Farmington, 1930-1931

"Arts Study Club Program, Farmington, 1930-1931 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description A serious group of women devoted to…"

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Longfellow Garden Club

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Baxter State Park

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United Society of Shakers

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… picture was taken on his sixtieth birthday in 1931. His last annual report was in 1945, and here are the statistics: "27 arrests with one for…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… 1915, and Merton and Goldie Bickmore from 1915 to 1931. The house was later purchased by Clevie and Mary (Robertson) Trask."

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Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"In February, 1931, another fire occurred on Congress Street, gutting the Strathglass Building (later known as Hotel Harris)."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"1935New Sweden Historical Society In 1931-1932 a group of young men gathered at Aaron Anderson’s. His place was in the Bangor Aroostook section of…"

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"The Appalachian Trail Conference’s chairman from 1931 until his death in 1952. Chronicler of North Lubec history and extensive writer on mountains…"

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… Fire Department bought their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford, which is still used in parades today. (Tom Goulette) Remains of Guilford Town Hall…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E."

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1931, the school got electricity and stove jackets were placed in each room, and in 1940, chemical toilets were installed."

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… and the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in Brunswick (1931). Other examples of the architect’s work in this style are the YMCA (1925-26) and the Maine…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In 1931 the Town purchased their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford which is still running today. Turner House in Winter, Guilford, ca."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931. There was a brief but unsuccessful attempt to bring the Star back as a B-movie house in 1936…"

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Gray, City Marshall, Hallowell, 1931. n.d. Maine Historical Society. 13 Apr. 2011 <http://www.vintagemaineimages.com/bin/Detail? ln=31351>."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… 1911, with additions being made in 1915, 1917 and 1931. Due to the rising population, a new high school was erected on Hancock Street in 1969, to…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"1931. All through the Depression, rebuilds of most of the paper machines were completed, as slack demand for book papers allowed for staggered…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… and Maine State Museum Fannie Stevens died in 1931 and Ella (1869-1945) became the sole owner of the Bangor property, which the sisters had turned…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… In a land two miles down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy named Keith. He lived on a fox farm."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of North Lubec, began packing sardines in 1931 when she was 14 years old. “Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,”…"