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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The early mailmen wore tall hats with wide bands, and as they collected letters along the way, they tucked them into those hatbands."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The residents could not hear the fine band. “So boys, hold in while the band is in action and then let your lungs proclaim how much you have enjoyed…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… The Story of One Regiment: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. 1896 The Diaries of Sarah Jane and Emma Ann Foster…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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