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John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… huge service to his town by offering jobs for the unemployed. The Knox and Lincoln Railroad came through Thomaston in 1871 and purchased land…"

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Dixfield House and Tuscan Opera House, Dixfield, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… less fortunate people through times of sickness, unemployment, or death. To visit their website, click the link below."

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Koritsky Block Fire, Guilford, Feb. 3, 1969

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… clapboards of once flooded homes, and dozens of unemployed, the town held a 175th birthday celebration anyway."

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… generally labeled “Storage.” This must have meant unemployment for those men skilled in fabricating cans and, in the canning process, sealing them…"