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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… the very best material and painted & varnished and clean as a penny." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… full skirts and dresses worn with bobby socks and penny loafers. Printed circle skirt, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Perhaps the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"And all of a sudden- BANG. October came and everything folded and he lost every penny he had.+-"

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

"… the doorway, and we kids would often run down from the schoolhouse at recess to buy one of those big sour cucumber pickles, a penny apiece.”"

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… gathering and a place to work and earn a few pennies. Audio here.  J: When you think about the work that you put in, do you feel that you were…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"The first batch was sold at two sticks for a penny and packaged twenty pieces to a box. Curtis later went door-to-door in Portland looking for…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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