Keywords: improved
- Historical Items (215)
- Tax Records (18)
- Architecture & Landscape (34)
- Online Exhibits (72)
- Site Pages (158)
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Site Pages
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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864
"… of the house and grounds -- showing the improvements he made. A commentary that accompanies the drawing in "John Martin's Journal," which he began…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century
"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street
"… 2008Thomaston Historical Society In 1803 road improvements were made resulting in the straightening of the Old County Road (currently Route One)."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851
"The journal describes what Martin did to improve the property after someone built on the next lot, right against his house."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - F. A. Soule House, 130 Center Street, Bangor, 1852
"He made numerous improvements to the house and grounds, which he details in other portions of the journal."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography
"… technological advancements during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."
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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2
"It started to improve in the 1930s. In the 1940s they added a new addition and they went from making $1 million a year to $80 million a year because…"
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"The companies worked hard to innovate and improve themselves, but the post-war economies and business environment were setting them on a path of…"
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Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"In 1965 the Hallowell Improvement Association was one of the first historic preservation organizations established in the state, and five years later…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2
"Microfilm. Manning, Warren H. and The Civic Improvement Committee. Bangor City Plan: The Burned District. Bangor, ME: May 22, 1911."
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"… educational, and charitable organizations to improve themselves and their community as well. More children were being educated in public or…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3
"… not allotted the usual 100 acres settlers lot for improvements, receiving instead 30 acres. Giles Webber's store, Blue Hill, 1889Jonathan…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School
"At the same time, improved access to their local history and natural resources turns students into stewards of their environments and community."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4
"By the end of the 1920s, rayon had been improved and developed to make a wide range of pleasing and modest priced fabrics."
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"… us the Sagamores or Successors or People from improving our Ancient Planting grounds nor from hunting in any of the said land being not inclosed…"
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"… were various proposals backed by the Village Improvement Society to change Main Street. In 1927, the society, along with the town engineer…"
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Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections
"… was thought to provide browsing capability and improved access, and while misguided from a modern perspective, met the immediate needs of a…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries
"… Island Historical Society Eventually things improved -- aided by such things as the development of the granite industry."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview
"… to the effect that they may yet be filled or improved. It is noted, that through the course of change, fashion styles overlap."
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"… have to compensate residents for the value of “improved” land. Squatters’ murder of a surveyor named Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River…"