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Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

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Watts Block, Thomaston, 1890

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police…"

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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"While the local telegraph operator frantically sent SOS messages to surrounding towns, local firefighters tried unsuccessfully to battle the inferno."

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Plan of the town of New Portland, 1808

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… the New Portland and Eustis Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1929. This business organized in 1889 and had a switchboard at Clark’s store in the…"

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Map of Presque Isle, ca. 1870

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph lines and a telephone service. Residents found they could be entertained at opera houses…"

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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