Keywords: Men's shoes
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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen
"Three thousand five hundred men were employed in Maine's granite industry and their produce brought more than two-and-one-half million dollars to the…"
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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity
"… the shaping of one of Daniel Webster’s “solid men.”.... “How to be dutiful, how to be conscientious, how to be genteel, and well-informed, in order…"
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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation
"… According to Alan Taylor, in Liberty Men and Great Proprietors (p.68), their initiatives on behalf of their newly adopted country sometimes…"
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Old Berwick Historical Society
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4
"Perhaps worn with white wide-heeled shoes and a neat little hat, set at the side of the head, the suit ensemble resembles those seen in many 1930s…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4
"… the collection also includes the black high heel shoes that completed the outfit. Capped sleeve dress, ca."
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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store
"“Thank you,” I said. I walk back to shoes and pick out the shiniest, black shoes I can find. They fit perfectly! I find one skirt and one shirt that…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"Davis Hatch had a business selling boots and shoes at 116 Front Street. When Hatch died, his son took over the business. Lewis E."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"… worsted hose (stockings), hats, caps, boots and shoes. Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax, along with hives of…"
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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March
"The men were catching various diseases, like rheumatism, poisoning from the water, and the flux. Benedict Arnold thought that they would be almost…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870
"… Society In 1871 Edward O’Brien established a shoe factory in the Carr O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner to boost the flagging economy."
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Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store
"… “Cove” room, the “Little Folks” section, and the shoe department (located in the center of the store), the sportswear section, and the jewelry and…"
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4
"… 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect. I can assure you that Maine has got its name up during this campaign and so high…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill
"… polished in their new ties, pants, and shiny shoes. Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m. on the bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… by-laws and minutes, outline contributions of shoes or household items to less fortunate families."
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"… met with initial success, and the boot and shoe industry continued to be viable for many more years."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"… the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"… emerging by the close of the 19th century were shoes, paper and wool. Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in Skowhegan up until the…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"… that steps with you then see the glitter of your shoe, when You have set the pace they follow in your dust John R Braden you’re a winner just as…"
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"… stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services to those earning incomes from the factories…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"… by 1810, and there was a wheelwright shop, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse, and eleven homes. West vs."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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