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Burnham and Morrill Company Trademark for Scarboro Beach Clams, 1891

Maine State Archives

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Lilian Washburn with cow, Livermore, ca. 1900

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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District of Maine map, 1795

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his duties and retired…"

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Grammar school, North Lubec, ca. 1911

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"As Steve Clark, corresponding secretary of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club says, “his name is still in a legendary status.”"

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Farmington Harvest, pre 1900

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The War of 1812, Civil War and WWI took the men out of the fields, leaving farm hands in short supply."

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Survey Chart, Islesboro, 1884

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo Patent, the…"

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Moving in, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1976

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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