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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Everyone wanted one of these strange metal contraptions that have now changed the future. Today in life we rely on cars more than anything else."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"In Vietnam, they did other, more strange things that we don’t do here. My mother had to herd five water buffalos, and my father worked in rice and…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Of course, it was all strange to me, but I enjoyed it. The ball was lovely. After the ball, I didn’t know this was going to happen, but there were 25…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"The first movie that played was “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"… or seemingly random items that relate to fashion, strange events, or other topics in the news. Most of the clippings in this section and this…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… 3," John Martin of Bangor wrote: Curiosity and a strange freak. In the fall of 1864 I set this tree in location No 4 history page 477 (his…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Kennedy, Randall, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, 2002, Vintage Books, New York Kennedy, Randall, Interracial Intimacies: Sex…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"1A. Wandering over I saw a strange sight. Two, or maybe three people were holding long leads that were attached to three bears; two brown; one black…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Bangor was involved was because of the movie “The Strange Woman”. The movie was set in Bangor, 1824."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… on their backs; the birds swooped and gave strange cries, and the breakers on the islands came in with a voice of thunder."