Keywords: Family relations
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Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society
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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3
"By 1800 women enjoyed the relative freedom of loose, partly classically inspired short waisted gowns, notably made of cotton, fashion’s new favorite…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930
"… silk garments and trimmings available, and relatively affordable, including silk coats. In 1907, Portland's newspaper advertised ladies long…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865
"… were labeled on each side with names Civil War-related names. He wrote that they paddled to Brewer and back "in 8 minutes a mile and a third or ten…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864
"… on page 85 of his 1864 "Scrap & Sketch Book." He related some of Emery's history and the events in Bangor during the war -- as well as Emery's…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century
"… on letters from travelling friends, or returning relatives and neighbors for fashion news. By mid-century popular print media offered a regular…"
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"Most of the A.C. Savage (1832-1911) relatives took in guests and provided meals while they consolidated their immediate families into a few of the…"
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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
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Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard
"… diary has 85 entries between 1794 and 1808 that relate to her attendance at autopsies--referred to as "desections." Direct descendants of Martha…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase
"The battered suitcase was packed with keepsakes relating to someone named John Barry, who had ties to Mexico, Maine."
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"These families were by necessity forced to be close-knit and rely on each other at work and at play."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral
"… in the stirrups, and a large group of mourning relatives, servants, townspeople and strangers. The group left the mansion and proceeded up Knox…"
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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society
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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"… Wardens were assigned to help carry out the tasks related to protecting communities. They were easily identified by the white helmets and armbands…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
"… move involved seven family members leaving this relatively palatial home and de-camping to the 2-bedroom, 1-bath Old House."
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"… in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest was using a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"… and Stephanie became interested in the story related below as fifth grade students under Mrs. Molly Avery at Lubec Elementary School."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford
"… the fort in order to oversee Mexico and its relations to the Union. There have been many people from Thomaston who have also joined me on this…"
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