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John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… Junior "attention, order arms," in his dress coat, and going to drill. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"Mead, a $5 billion forest products company based in Dayton, Ohio, produced coated papers for periodicals, catalogs, books, and commercial printing."

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

"Positions such as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were opening up (by now typewriters were common in business…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints. At its height in 1866, there were two hundred people working at the mill at one time."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… for a light house in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation. Communication also improved with the advent of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Colonel James Swan purchased “Burnt Coat Island” in 1786, three years after the district of Maine became a part of Massachusetts."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we have of her.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry Town Records…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"He invented a wooden coat hanger that was very different than other hangers at the time. He also was very involved in the town’s music activities…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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