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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields. Train Depot, Guilford , ca."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Lewiston train should have been there a long time before both of the other trains except there was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She was the very first physical training instructor at the school, specializing in calisthenics and kinesiology."

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… have meetings every first Sunday of the month and training every second Monday. They work hard to keep Guilford people and businesses safe, by…"

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… of kind treatment, and physical and moral training, they may be won back to ways of virtue and respectability, and fitted for positions of…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… on Lincoln’s decisions leading up to the battle. It also included information on the training of the soldiers, and the outcome of the battle."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Prison Brooms to the Train Depot, Thomaston, 1915Thomaston Historical Society A broom factory was established at the prison and in 1899, a newspaper…"

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National Archives at Boston

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… asymmetrical overskirt, tasseled detail, and long train made of Haskell satin. Reportedly made by Martha Riley of Cherryfield, two other slim…"

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Leech, Eric. Bringing Back The Train. 14 Aug. 2008. Planetgreen.com. 14 Apr. 2011…"

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Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Stone 1876-1965: UMF graduate and first physical training instructor at the school, specializing in calisthenics and kinesiology Business and…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"Some gowns include trains, such as Lucia Wadsworth’s assembly dress, and some without, as seen in a straight hem gown from Buckfield."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… with pleats falling from the shoulders into a train, a style still worn for dress occasions as late as 1770-1785."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… become an architect and returned to Lewiston to train as a draftsman with George M. Coombs. After four years in Coombs’s office, Thomas enrolled at…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Fassett trained both young men as draftsmen. From 1880 to 1884 Stevens served as Fassett’s junior partner, the position Tompson would hold from 1886…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… things that happened like the mill or the train wouldn’t have been here and that would have stopped all of the other towns that relied on the mill…"

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… wooing, and canoeing,” as well as serious training in the “fine art of paddling.” Most members this rusticators’ club aspired to having their own…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… ahead of its time in providing advanced academic training to young ladies. From 1843 to 1851 Jacob served as the principal of the Abbot Institute."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… that occurred at the Dreamland was The Great Train Robbery. The successful show ended up selling out."