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Site Pages
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House
"Both owned large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture
"A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and shipbuilders, men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory
"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"
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Robert A. Frost Memorial Library
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134
"… the "demoralisation of our once peacable city," largely blaming the Irish for the decline. People and topics mentioned include: Rinaldo B."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864
"… had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over a large room that ever was invented." Martin opened the store in 1862 after many years of working…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"… the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught. As an example of what the section covered, the April 23, 1933 edition of…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860
"… fashion and the survivor of long wear, features a large practical hood. Watered silk cape, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Two piece…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4
"The overskirt features large scallop embellishment and is trimmed with ruffles along the bottom edge."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies
"The biographies are largely authored by Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., and based his work with the Maine Historic Preservation…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900
"… Dolman sleeved mantles suitable to wear with large skirts or bustles dominated women's outerwear in the earlier part of this period."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire
"It quickly swept through 67 summer estates, five large hotels and 170 year-round homes. It surrounded the village, cutting off all roads."
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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?
"… the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash)."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture
"There was “almost no honey in Maine.” The apple crop was largely affected by the lack of bees. Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock
"Using a very large boulder as the corner (a stationary object used as a focal point) they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership."
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"… of its time, and played all over New England to large audiences. Conrad Coulombe in costume for play "Tonkourou," Biddeford, ca."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3
"… from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."
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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers
"Sadie’s smiling face and her informal pose in a large Victorian chair capture the spirit of childhood in an ambrotype made about 1858."