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Site Pages
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s
"… their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Guest speaker Reverend Dr. Henry Wyman shares stories on life in Bangor during the '40s…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M. Burhoe, Ridge School teacher...” Miriam Kelley & Wyman Ramsdell X Miriam…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block
"… picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location, and…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.
"There is a family of Clays in our town and a girl in my class with the last name of Clay. Maybe somewhere down the line this is her relative."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"… Lobster Boats and Skiffs Dory with Twin Girls, Scarborough, ca. 1905Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Later, in the years between 1930…"
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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2
"What brought them together in a photographer’s studio – school, friendship, or family? Other group daguerreotypes in the Society’s collection are…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"Cohen School) and Bangor High School. She knew she wanted to be a writer and editor at a very young age."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"In 1912, Kelly Thibodeau became the first girl to work in this Lincoln office. Also in 1912 Frank Bixby installed a pole changer, which is electric…"
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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community
"“Most of the girls that lived there came from homes that were unstable,” Minton related. Regarding the Sisters, Minton recalled trips to Diamond…"
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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy
"… – to assist her to educate young children and girls, visit the poor and care for the sick in their homes, as well as to train low income women as…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"His dam was Braden Girl. Early lessons given to John R Braden did not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill
"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians
"… preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through high school. When Hannibal Hamlin was still young, he really wanted to…"
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"… they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."