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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Mary Cabot Wheelwright (1878-1958) recalls, “I can remember quite well Mr. Loring Kimball’s father’s fascinating old marine store, near the cove at…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… purchased and arranged so that the entire stage can be used for a large group or the drapes can be drawn onto the inner track to provide a setting…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"At Scarborough Middle School you can regularly get pizza, sandwiches, chips and more. Plus, each day there is a special."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Corn was canned extensively, with other vegetables and fruit handled. While under the management of Merrill Bros., meat was also canned. Charles E."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… as any place in this terrestrial sphere possibly can. Nowhere is there a better field for enjoyment than in this little Eden."

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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"Our Work and Our Team The seeds of this effort can be traced back to the founders of our City, to the generous patrons who funded our library, built…"

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Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"Most of the state can go out side to start cleaning up the disaster. The clean up will cost around 1 million dollars."

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… their home! Pickers, sorters and raftsmen can be seen working the sorting boom in a view looking north on the river from neighboring Chelsea."

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… I may do any Happiness I may give or Gladness I can create, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Behind the white picket fence, you can see the Measuring Rock from the road. Stephen Titcomb lived in a house that was approximately on the same lot…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… that now there are so many other things families can do that the Northern Maine Fair is not that important to them anymore."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"As often happens, businesses which can support war necessities did well, and hired workers. Manufacturing in Biddeford and other cities which had…"

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

"You can imagine taking a boat to an island for a dance would be a lot more involved than taking a car like we would today."

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Hampden Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"1910 Today one can still hitch ride on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad at their museum in downtown Phillips."

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"A small cabin can be seen in the background of the photo which shows the empty reservoir in August, 1914."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Many of the residents to this day can trace their ancestry back to some of the first settlers. In 1870, there were 242 residents; in 1900, there were…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… detailed account of the contents of each section can be found.   Part 1, to page 21 Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel, steamship…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"An original list of grievances can be found printed in the The Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, Jan 7, 1786 (no. 54 vol. 2)."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"… so personal as historic clothing and dress, we can experience the past in new ways, and explore how the story of what is missing is just as…"