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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Air travel was often the preferred method of travel for Guy; and his father William flew across the globe, from the tip of South America to Alaska."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… and followed current events relating to air travel intently, William Howard Gannett flew his plane all over the world and even sent back…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Richards, a young architect from Gardiner, Maine, traveled by steamer to Bar Harbor to supervise the construction of a summer home for Mrs."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"To promote their products, services, or shows, many designed calling cards and flyers, composed ads to place in newspapers, and turned photos of…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Travel of any distance was usually via boat or horseback. The arrival of the train, and later the trolley, allowed residents greater flexibility of…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… from either side had two roadways: one for the traveler going north and one for the traveler going south."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… ceremonies and traditional dance" and he created traveling museum displays of tribal customs, dress, and culture. Tourists were fascinated."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… met their religious needs in their homes with traveling ministers. Upon the town's incorporation in 1794, residents could not agree upon one…"

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… to be closed until the roads were dry enough to travel on. I'm sure that there were other teachers that taught at the Parsons School but these were…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"One page shows the name ‘Pierpole’ and another entry shows the name ‘Plosway’ and ‘Plosway Lewey’. On another page of the ledger, Plosway is called…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local piano player."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"For the inhabitants of Harpswell, this meant travelling to worship each week by boat! Understandably, they were the first town to secede from North…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Trask, in 1858, while traveling by a coach that cornered too sharply, Leonard and his traveling companions were thrown about very roughly."

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"These traveling teams had names as colorful as the players themselves; like the House of David team with all the players sporting long dark beards…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes, this took the form of traveling, making speeches, writing letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… and, in addition to the dining room and traveler's rooms, it had a large horse stable. It was lost to fire in 1903, but part of the building was…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Many Indian tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"During his third term, he traveled from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… which allowed area residents freedom to travel farther distances to other amusement parks and resorts, now all within easy reach by car."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Thunder, loved Bar Harbor and spent many years traveling there seasonally and camping on the island."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"In the heyday of the trolley, one could travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines."

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Westport Island History Committee

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… purchase new merchandise and fresh foods without traveling to the mainland. At its peak, homes were visited by the local fish merchant, who brought…"