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Fairbanks Building on fire, Bangor, 1911

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… city, save for the Portland conflagration of 1866." (“Bangor Fire”) The fire began around 4:00 on the afternoon of April 30th in a hay shed owned…"

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bangor from the east bank of the Penobscot River, ca. 1905

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, 1867. Print. Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1996. Print."

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Mussey's Row, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1856

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Bank of Cumberland Building, Portland, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society This ambrotype captures a sunny winter day on Middle Street in Portland…"

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Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The site is now occupied by a small park. Considered the finest Greek Revival public building north of Boston, the Merchants Exchange was built at…"

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Primary, grammar and high school building, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"In January, 1866, the store burned, but a portion was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade from the Mill Stream behind it."