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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"Dairy Farms Memories Holstein dairy cow, New Sweden, ca. 1922Nylander Museum Albert’s father worked many jobs."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The recommended packing, or insulation, was made up of sawdust, charcoal powder, straw, or hay. Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The recommended packing, or insulation, was made up of sawdust, charcoal powder, straw, or hay. Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… homestead offered its guests fresh produce and dairy products from local farms. The Homestead offered activities, like sailing expeditions, music…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Oakhurst Dairy, on Centre Street since 1929, and wholesale food distributer S. Prawer & Co., on Front Street just north of Summer Street since 1944…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… it to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay fresh longer. Lincoln Bank Check, Bath, 1853Patten Free Library There…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Dairy, sugar and bread products, apples, pears, farming tools, carriages and harnesses. Also, quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"North Yarmouth’s last dairy operation, Norman and Marion Reed's Cedar Spring Farm, closed in 1977. The agricultural heritage is still evident in area…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"An ell and large dairy barn were added in the 1860s creating a connected farm, which was a typical New England architectural style."

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United Society of Shakers

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods. Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price Administration, was in charge of…"

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… high school, two churches, the fire station, a dairy treat -- one of the first in Maine -- and a new factory built to replace other old mills."

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"A new fire house and elementary school were built. Switcher Engine #22, Guilford, ca. 1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… grass seed to be shipped downstate, and produced dairy products for the residents of the town and surrounding area."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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