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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… the town had decided to change to farmland in order to build a house, which turned out to be the oldest house in Guilford, and may still be the…"

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Maine State Archives

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… paid into a fund that was used to buy goods in order to control prices. Martin wrote that some items were sold below what anyone else could sell…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… 1845 he rented a room in Portland’s City Hall in order to make crayon portraits of local residents. That year his sitters included Stephen…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… reconsideration as to which garments to select in order to give a representative picture of the MHS collection as it stands in 2020."

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… has its origins in Ireland, where its founding order began in the early nineteenth century. Like the hospital which bears their name, the Sisters…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… The View from Asticou Summer at Asticou Order of Supplies from Morse Co. for A.C. Savage & Sons, Northeast Harbor, 1898Mount Desert Island…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… I well remember that Indian encampments were the order of things in Bar Harbor. . . . When we saw the first of their little tents being set up, and…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… or tennis at the Kebo Club? Join the Improved Order of Red Men Society? Visit the Wabanaki encampment and meet real Indians? Mount Desert…"

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"His responsibilities were to maintain public order, to deal with persons who were a threat to themselves or others, and to deal with other violations…"

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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… Hallowell, 1819Hubbard Free Library In short order a huge market for wood ashes was created and the American colonies, awash in wood ash, were…"

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Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… said that children must have schooling in order to work. By 1899 twenty-eight states had enforced rules about child labor."

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… Tribune soon created a patent medicine mail-order business that was unlike anything seen to that time."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"… major battles of the Civil War in alphabetical order, and provide links to sites about them. "Civil War Battle Summaries by State." National Park…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"We are hoping to control the fort in order to oversee Mexico and its relations to the Union. There have been many people from Thomaston who have also…"

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… Village, a mental institution, where Kirby was an orderly. White ran away from the institution, and shortly thereafter in 1922, she was murdered."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… but the War Production Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric used in garments."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place. Also, many of the wealthier visitors fell in love…"

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… of Pythias," a militaristic branch of the Pythian Order. Fashioned after the Army in every respect, their titles were military, their lodges had…"

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"The shield was actually the badge of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of Barcelona. Its members cared for the sick and ransomed…"

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… how to be genteel, and well-informed, in order to be right on all occasions and able, especially, to set others right, this was Jacob Abbott’s open…"