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Revolutionary War-era styled gown, Portland, ca. 1825

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"The gown features a sack back with pleats falling from the shoulders into a train, a style still worn for dress occasions as late as 1770-1785."

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Lowell Stencil, Farmington, ca. 1880

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… handle and have been wholly replaced by the paper sacks which hold five, 10 or 25 pounds.” Croswell Fancy Patent Stencil The Croswell Store…"

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Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… sugar, coffee and tea, flour, charcoal, poultry sacks, nail and shot bags, bananas, and also bottle bags."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… Historical Society is in possession of a gunney sack, with Stephen Titcomb’s initials embroidered on it, that he carried as he traveled back and…"

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Team of trained moose, Caribou, 1942

Caribou Public Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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1794 map of Farmington

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… books, photographs and even the very burlap sack carried by Farmington’s first settler, Stephen Titcomb."