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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"In 1911 this building housed both the elementary and high schools. Click on the photo and zoom in to view the outsized portraits of Maine Governor…"
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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy
"In March 1920, Queen’s Hospital was officially incorporated. Rising numbers of patients led Bishop Walsh to arrange the purchase of a large building…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"All of these buildings are works of art in themselves. Waldo Street Fire, Rumford, 1923Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The history of…"
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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4
"This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and…"
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Kennebunkport Historical Society
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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill
"… expanded space for parish functions and Sunday School classrooms, a kitchen, and restrooms. The Congregational "Church on the Hill," Dixfield…"
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"All that remained were the school and the graveyard. Soon after the islanders vacated Malaga, the State took two more steps to complete the purging…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford
"Prior to the building of the first bridge in 1758, the only way to cross the river was by ferry. The "lower ferry" was down by the mouth of the…"
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"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."
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Westport Island History Committee
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Colby College Special Collections
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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2
"… to help shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high school boys assisted 100 men. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society Every…"
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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community
"… in Houlton, and more openings of parochial schools. One of the stated core values of the Sisters of Mercy as set forth by Mother McAuley, is…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell
"… brother Richard and his wife Ernestine were both school teachers and taught in schools away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"… by the landscape painters of the Hudson River School and writings of John Ruskin. Magazine and newspaper reporters described the places one could…"
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… Each of the 12 towns in the Western Foothills School District (RSU 10) has its own history and identity, but they all have much in common besides…"
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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy
"… arrived in Bangor, Maine where they opened a school that later became Saint John School. In 1873, Bishop David Bacon invited them to Portland to…"