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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently the Stockholm Museum."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Eugene continued the business up until his death in 1956. His son John and his wife continued the business after."

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Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Masonic Hall, Town Offices Main Street, Lincoln present-day X Works Cited “Masonic Hall, Lincoln, 1904.” Maine Memory Network."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the 1850s it was said that the smoked herring business employed every male resident over the age of 10 in the Washington County town of Lubec.”…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

""Early View from Main Street, Looking North," History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County Maine, 1872- 1928."

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Just as Guilford was recognized as a “Main Street 90 Community”, recession crept up from nowhere, resulting in layoffs. The mood was dreary."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Sardine plants in Maine dwindled from 48 to 15 1976 • Completion of school additions to create a single complex – Lubec Consolidated School 1977 •…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"Wartime Lincoln WWI Monument, Main Street X Use the menu at left to browse various pieces completed by 7th and 8th grade social-studies…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… located at the intersection of Lee Road and Main Street. A major event about this church was that Isaac Burton donated a clock for the front of the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Central Maine Power Ice Storm, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library CMP Overview CMP crews are the reason Maine isn’t still a…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Bank Square and Elm Street Businesses, Guilford, 1955Guilford Historical Society The Bank was built in 1891."

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… mainly school and working in the “whip sawing” business. After he moved to America, he worked at the Clark Thread Company in Newark, New Jersey."

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Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… Church is located on the west side of Main Street, so the reason he bought his house on Ballard Hill was so that he could be within walking…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… at the corner of Hudson Avenue and South Main Street. This building soon had extensive fire damage in 1979."

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Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… actually in the upstairs part of a house on Lee Street. It only had two beds, so people that needed surgery had to get it done on the kitchen table…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… built in the 1820s on the East side of upper Main Street just before Lee street, and opened in 1858."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Braeburn stayed in business until it was gutted by fire in 2003. The hotel was built on March 3, 1906, and stayed well on through the twentieth…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"(1961): 10. Print. Brown, Will. "Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News 1954: 285. Print."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Gas stations were erected on the corners in the 1960s. Roy's Provision Market opened around 1958 at 775 Washington Street, as recorded in multiple…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"X ELM STREET BUSINESSES Tina Welts House on Elm Street, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Elm Street Businesses…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Works Cited "The Buildings, Businesses, and Streets of Lincoln." Lincoln Historical Society: Black Binder 1 & 2. Print. Fellows, Dana Willis."

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… fire "destroyed two buildings and displaced four businesses." The second fire "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… 13, 1947 the Gulesian Hospital was open for business. This hospital took in surgical patients, maternity patients and patients that need to be…"