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"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"
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Old Berwick Historical Society
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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings
"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting
"… an Edenic place made secure for the sunbonneted women on the left, as the male figure in the foreground drives a snake from the yard."
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Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt
"Quilting brought women of the 19th Century together socially while engaging in work essential to their families’ well-being, even survival."
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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911
"… enjoyed the Pocahontas float And the Eastern Star Women on this float are identified. Click on the photo, zoom in, and read Info for their names."
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"“Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,” she recalled. “The herring, being pre-cooked, were soft, so when we packed…"
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"Her goal was to set up base in Old Orchard for her transatlantic flight to Copenhagen. Her crew consisted of Wilmer Stultz, pilot, and Brice…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… plus a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially."
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2
"… building, seen on the left below, was 56 years old. Chartered in 1822, the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839."
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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"… three of whom would live.* Including nine-year-old Miriam Kelley, sometimes known as Mimi (pronounced MIH-mee), the last living survivor who tells…"
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4
"No doubt the old ones at that time were worn out from hard use and being outdoors in all sorts of weather."
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… toil, and intermarry; family names centuries old mingle through intermarriage across the border. They coveted a bridge bonding that boundary."
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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"Eighteen-year-old Evelyn was daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War…"
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"… of Lubec Municipal Building on site of the old Hilltop School 1980s • Growth of salmon aquaculture, sea urchin, scallop, lobster fisheries • New…"
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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"… hope that they will take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection A Brief History of the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers
"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"
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"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"