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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… following day, he landed instead on the beach at Old Orchard Beach. Lindbergh did visit Scarborough Airport that day, but via a motorcade on his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Museum In October 1885, when he was 62 years old, John Martin left his home in Bangor for long stretches to work as an accountant at the Katahdin…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… a place that brings together the new and the old, the ocean and the land. It creates a stronger sense of community through a greater understanding…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"They brought in photos of Fritz doing the old "twist and kiss" stone cutting move. Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1950."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… The first floor of the building contains an old ticket booth, a kitchen, and ample space for tables."

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

"… about the island telephone system took place in the 1960s. As you will hear in the audio, the phone system was old fashioned even for the '60s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"1920Swan's Island Historical Society Young and old loved to spend time at the beach. There would be dips in the very cold water, but much of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… who returned from the battlefield and died in the Old House in 1865. Samuel Tyler Savage in his Civil War UniformNortheast Harbor Library One…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… timber and firewood in Southern New England’s old towns." A better life beckoned in the District of Maine, and a three dollar fare on a boat could…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"… were made resulting in the straightening of the Old County Road (currently Route One). This left a curved section of road encircling a grassy area…"

Hiram Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"After this facility opened in 1950, the old school was repurposed as a middle school and was renamed Cunningham Middle School in honor of Franklin…"

Bowdoin College Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… fares from Old Town to Winn, Old Town to Lincoln, Old Town to Howland, Old Town to Passadumkeag, Old Town Greenbush, and Old Town to Sunkhaze all…"

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"To add to the fun, Seal Harbor held an annual Old-Timers basketball game, pitting the village team against the "old-timers" outfitted in long-johns…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"Emma Huntington Nason, Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt, 1909. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ A Great…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began probably as early as 1903.(2) The…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… route and paid the mail carrier In 1894 this old mail route was discontinued and a steamboat company contracted to bring the mail daily from…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… passed away in 1922, when Andrew was 65 years old. A year later he married Cora E. Staples (1858-1942), widow of Frederick Stockbridge."