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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris under Leo Delibes, Joseph Massart, and…"

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"-New York Times, 22 Aug. 1901 Bar Harbor Horse ShowJesup Memorial Library A fine stable of horses carried great prestige among Mount Desert’s…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… of Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. 18. CMP paid $55 million in repairs. Written by Sam Moulton and Nate Stahlnecker"

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… placed advertisements in papers like the New York Times and Chicago Tribune soon created a patent medicine mail-order business that was unlike…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… a more direct route to markets in Boston and New York. The demand for Maine potatoes and starch changed the economy from the pioneering days when…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor Public Library. Microfilm. New York Times (Newspaper), October 18, 1871. Web. Tin Bridge Wreck Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper)…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… but was followed by the incredibly successful York Manufacturing Company, whose main owner was Charles Bradbury of Boston."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… products were sold in Boston, Providence and New York City. Drew's Mill, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library Lumber and other goods from…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"It was the largest city in York County, and one of the largest cities in Maine. In the streets people spoke mostly English and French, but you could…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… southern part of the Saco River in Cumberland and York Counties. Purse with fabric woven by Mali Agat, ca."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"People from New York came to buy furs a lot. Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them."

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… in the business in 1872; relocated from New York to Portland, ME., and married Henrietta Mason of Portland."

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Belfast Free Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… only had three incorporated counties before 1790—York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Summarized list of grievances (in sidebar): Hatch, Maine, 108-109."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses, some…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… by Catherine Ogust for Penthouse Gallery, New York, the company on the caftan's label. The fabric is also reminiscent of influential Italian…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… support of the Leon Levy Foundation of New York, the Maine Memory Network's Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database launched in January…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel Moses and Abigail Little and born on…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… and Northeast Harbor, Charles travelled to New York City in the night to meet with JDR, Jr., convincing him to purchase the acreage under logging…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"In 1926 the Blue Hill Troupe moved to New York and continued to perform under the name “The Blue Hill Troupe." Since then the Blue Hill Troupe has…"