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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Thomas A."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

""Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club "Rocking Chair Row" program, Biddeford, 1930Biddeford Historical…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910

"The card advertises a garage for autos, a good livery, and also that a coach will meet all trains coming to Farmington."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"In the 1950s though the 1990s there were good teams, but they only won three championships. Now we have okay teams, but they have not won any…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"But you know, they was good to the kids too. They was really good people." Big Fella the bull, Staples house, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… stores carried just about anything needed: canned goods, "rat cheese," a favorite of islanders, meat and produce, flour, candy, and household goods."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"… materials, horses, and other important goods. This exhibit was put together by the 2007 sixth grade at Mount Desert Elementary with the Great…"

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"… immediately, Their work was proclaimed, "not good quality." In 1927, a skating rink took its place, This, the Johnson brothers had to face."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES Ladies' Third Annual Banquet. Farmington, Maine. 1893. Back cover.

""The good-byes were spoken, and at an early hour the homeward journeys were taken up." On a Tuesday night, no less."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5

"There were good times in the potato fields and there were also bad times, too. But they always got though it."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"… rally at Augusta Portland Iron Men Tanners "Good Bye Liza Jane" U.S. Grant song Gilman Townsend 1872 election results Death of Horace Greeley Irish…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Often ships from other states, like Boston, would arrive with goods for Hallowell. The wharf played an important role in Hallowell's shipping and…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Good navigators produced good profits. Edward Preble Norton observed that in Hallowell at the time "Every boy who had arrived at the age of eighteen…"

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"… &c., I should judge the premises to be in good condition. Among other produce there was raised the past season 50 tons of hay, 175 bushels of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He purchased his own sporting goods store called Dakins Sporting Goods Co. in Bangor, which became very successful."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… in the city up to this time in the way of selling goods running boats shipping & other incidents connected with it." The drawing is on page 418 of…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Blue tokens were for canned goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"The photograph on the left provides a good view of the lags on the digger bed. Tractors were soon pulling two-row diggers so that by the late 1940s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"… large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"They also learned how to do "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor…"

Camp Winnebago

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the decades by water, but deteriorated upon exposure to the air."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… environment, constantly finding new ways to carry goods, people, and information to and from their remote home."