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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park…"

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Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the first half…"

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"The wharf was located on Water Street. Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… Iron works was located on the South End of Water Street. It is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the Fuller family…"

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Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Transportation Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library Cotton was delivered to the Cotton Mill on the Kennebec…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… on the corner of what are now Blake and Third Streets. The building was constructed of brick and was intended to be indestructible, but it caught…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… be seen on the third floor of City Hall on Second Street. The painting shows 1940's potato harvesting stages, including digging, picking, and…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… store was on the corner of State and Exchange Streets. Eddie started his own store, Eddie’s IGA, which had a line of groceries and meats and free…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"In the spring of 1914, a lot on Second Street, next to the present post office, was sold to the church."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… and weather delays as well as the State Street Bridge reconstruction project, completion was delayed until the spring of 1980."

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… length of time” “Standing on the steps or on the street nearby, or communicating in any way from the windows is unfavorably looked upon by…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"… 1876 about Bangor's failure to properly deal with streets and sidewalks. People and events discussed include: The Berger Family Dr."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… John French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Adams murder trial John Martin…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… neighborhood near his home and with it, came a street that still bears his name. And he supported education, presumably because he didn’t have a…"

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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street, and one disturbing public meeting . The most difficult issue was keeping an appropriate…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Hallowell Schools Warren Street School, Hallowell, ca. 1890Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner The founders of Hallowell…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… IN HALLOWELL, AND AS I REMEBER, IT WAS AN ONE WAY STREET. FROM THERE I SAW ROOFS BEING THROWN AROUND AND I SAW MR."

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

"… packages and circular letters sent from his Water Street location necessitated the construction of a new Post Office in Hallowell."

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"… Cotton Mill roof was torn off and thrown into the street below. The wind propelled 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Roberts opened Agamont House at the foot of Main Street, where he also built the village's first wharf."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… John Martin Jr., his house and gardens on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… and changes in life -- trolleys, gas, electric street lights, and U.S. Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and most famous…"