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Site Pages
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal
"… and people surrounding him, Martin provides small drawings that provide visual detail of his written descriptions and larger, sometimes full-page…"
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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company
"He and his small crew of photographers traveled through rural New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street…"
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5
"It was a small hotel and contained three small businesses on the bottom floor. The residencies were above them."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"… man that his advice was frequently sought by area business men Gould recognized the need for banking services in the area and began to lend money…"
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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2
"… by Laurice Goodwin, who converted the hotel into small apartments. Braeburn & Edes Buildings, Guilford, ca."
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3
"Hardwood Products Company Following a variety of small, one man saw mills, one of the first manufacturers utilizing forest products on a large scale…"
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"He and his wife took out a number of small loans or mortgages on their home in the 1870s and 1880s, an indication of his financial instability."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73
"By the end of 1870, this small group of 51 settlers had roughed out seven miles of road; cut 180 acres of forest (of which 100 acres were burned off…"
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5
"It didn't take long before the space was too small. At the 1907 Annual Meeting the trustees proposed a library be built in Guilford."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Many ice houses had a small, entry room lit by a small window and an insulated room, connected by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing…"
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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"… Town Hall was constructed in 1828 it included a small lock-up to house offenders overnight or on a short-term basis."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… heart of the City of Ships, encompasses only a small portion (less than one-half square mile), of the City’s total area of more than 9 square…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace
"… a man coming around with ice and we would eat the small pieces. What was schooling like? I went to school in Thomaston."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Many ice houses had a small, entry room lit by a small window and an insulated room, connected by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing…"
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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"In 1871, James C. Emerson built a small sawmill on the site of where the spool mill was to be. The sawmill engaged in sawing lumber for various…"
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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation
"… a subscription library offered to patrons for a small fee. An 1863 anonymous correspondent to the Hallowell Gazette recalled the excitement…"
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"The species that the whalers did this with were small, such as the Pilot Whale, Beluga, Porpoise and Narwhal."
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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"The car was powered by a small, locomotive engine. They drove it to Augusta and back to the McClench Machine Shop in Hallowell to be dismantled and…"
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"… woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person picture…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"Mill Creek, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society MILL CREEK The small settlement of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"May 28, 2004: The mill is purchased by a small group for $23.7 million, who change the name to Lincoln Paper & Tissue LLC."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Men's Wear
"… Show This slide show features examples from the small men’s wear collection at Maine Historical Society, military uniforms notwithstanding."
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"… to find a dog that I might be able to get that is small. I've wanted a puppy for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… on what came to be known as 700 Acre Island, a small island near present-day Islesboro. There, he encountered French traders and Native Americans…"