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Site Pages
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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2
"The painted boards were dried in a drawer with a screen on the bottom and a fan in the back. Pieces were sorted for quality, then packaged, and sent…"
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"… posed for this tintype in a field studio, with a painted backdrop ornamented with tents and an American flag."
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Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again
"… but to aspects of creativity--be it with music, paint, food or words--that enrich our lives and aren’t a frill…."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3
"… them to keep the seawater from damaging the paint. This film was so hard to get off it was unbelievable."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890
"… brother often came to my chamber to see me draw & paint the Iron works & I soon found he had a natural tact for drawing." Martin was writing and…"
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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials
"… access and allowing the 19th Century oil painting of Asticou by Dr. John L. Hughes to be photographed and used for this project. Richard M."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland
"The bridge was never painted and over time acquired its natural weather-beaten appearance. In the winter snow was brought in to cover the floor on…"
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New Hampshire Historical Society
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Surry by the Bay - About The Project
"… have worked hard to keep the building in shape by painting it, making repairs, and keeping the grounds in shape."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew
"… member of the Historical Society and does silk painting. Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's…"
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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning
"If no painted or photographic image had been made of a family member, the post-mortem daguerreotype was an inexpensive and readily available means to…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson
"He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with John Calvin Stevens. He was also active in Portland musical organizations."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"Emery, was largely a pine-and-paint building, modest but not without bucolic charm. The theater held about 620 and entertained the wealthy and the…"
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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966
"Leslie Adkins wagon shop was built to paint and repair wagons. Piscataquis Valley Country Club was incorporated."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"It could be Bartlett, or Charles J. Schumacher of Portland, who is known to have painted similar murals in a now demolished church in Mayville, near…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons
"Carved and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines and dots, animals, words, the faces of coins, and more."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls. Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"… were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged with drab olive paint. Thomas Hill Standpipe, 1945Bangor Historical Society"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"… production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck ready for delivery."