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Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society

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Millinocket Fire Department

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… photography and the larger scale, and more costly tradition of portrait painting. Samuel L. Carleton of Portland often used the devices of…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… & At Home Dresses Slide Show Wrapper is the traditional term used for the gowns gathered under this heading."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… tree, they help us to appreciate a spirit and tradition of creating gardens at the turn of century that still illuminates and inspires new gardens…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"In Wabanaki languages and traditional stories, these relationships are paramount. It is difficult to talk about land or people without using kinship…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"One traditional employment that helped sustain some through these times was the ice industry, which had started in Maine 100 years earlier and peaked…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"If the island's seagoing tradition had diminished, the summer yachting scene allowed many shipbuilders to continue on a smaller scale."

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Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… Hampshire, keeping many cities' and towns' muster traditions going. Hallowell musters were probably sponsored or were helped put on by the New…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… in 1961 to protect the rich history, heritage and traditions of Scarborough. Its mission is to share this history with the community by collecting…"

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Blue Hill Public Library

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Monson Historical Society

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Moosehead Historical Society

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Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… shoppers retained a preference for more familiar, traditional styles of dress. Factions formed, iconic styles took hold, and silhouettes…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… reminiscent of the Fortuny "Delphic" pleating tradition. All three garments are labelled "Jessie Franklin Turner, 410 Park Avenue, New York," the…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Frank Van Riper in the early Nineties showed how traditional the process was without intending to do so."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… River Valley towns of MSAD’s 21 and 43 have traditionally close ties, and that part of the merger made a natural fit."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… on the old lifeways, Wabanakis now marketed their traditional arts, crafts, and canoeing skills to rusticators who visited their tented encampments."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"As for Wabanakis, some followed tradition, paddling age-old canoe routes. Others rode the same trains, steamboats, and stagecoaches as everyone else…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many Aroostook County residents has been the participation in the potato…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"The tradition of Biddeford as a place of possibility for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families has been renewed, manifested…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… people, and like many other islands, had its own traditions and culture which you could say were more oriented toward the seafaring life."