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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… patchwork mini skirt, made from leather but lined in synthetic fabric, and a lime green V neck sleeveless dress with a vest-like six button, double…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… started his own store, Eddie’s IGA, which had a line of groceries and meats and free delivery. The store was sixteen feet by twenty-four feet and…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside. Some people also hung their clothes in the basement next to the wood stove."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines. By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business caused the phasing out of the trolleys."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"In 1861, Harper’s Weekly sent Homer to the front lines of the Civil War with General McClellan’s army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… as many as 10 three-masted schooners were lined up, waiting for stone. Stone from the island was used in buildings all over the country."

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Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… best kept trucks, pumps, or anything along those lines. Host Muster Ribbon, Fire Association, Hallowell, July 28, 1962Hubbard Free Library To…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"pag. Cheever, Dave. “CMP attacks lines in frigid battle.” Kennebec Journal, 11 Jan. 1998, Storm Edition: Day 3, sec. Front Page. Cheever, Dave."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Its Greek-Revival lines of brick and granite sill and lintel were repeated throughout “Merchants’ Row” after the fire."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… length brownish green wadded cloak, pink silk lined with pink silk frills trimming the hood; and a slim full length beautifully quilted grayish…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… (shaped without a waist seam) full length quilted lined opera coat, made in Berlin, Germany with heavy corded silk, leg-of-mutton sleeves, and…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"1920Maine Historical Society The tubular line silhouette returned after the First World War. Two ankle length straight dresses in the MHS collection…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River. The Union Army consisted of 28,000 men and was to assault…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… and wires along the corridor, proposing that many lines be put underground and where necessary, concentrating all lines on one string of poles…"

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The resulting inflammation savaged the linings of the respiratory system, which caused the lungs to fill with fluid and allowed pneumonia bacteria to…"

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… two quick strokes of a tiny axe, and then running lines the whole length of the raft with a clove hitch over each pin."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines for seventeen years. After leaving the Delta, he went to work in landscaping and plumbing, which is his job…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… an illusion of hose, and some drew thin pencil lines on the backs of their calves to create an illusion of the hose seam."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… for many years and planted the trees that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… Society Also featuring metallic lurex, a lined high neck, long sleeve, slim evening dress is made of a gold flecked red and green paisley print…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Hinckley D Hinckley Ann Young Shaw & Billings lines Sheriff Wingate Carr Fire at old Hampden Academy George H."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… representative examples there is a slim fully lined, black and multi-colored floral print chiffon with a shoulder cape; a tubular black rayon crepe…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"… development of, appropriate, comfortable work and sporting attire. By 1900 Sears catalogue offered smart sensible suits with silk lined jackets."