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Keywords: Ordnance
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Item 7859
Title: Ordnance at Kittery Navy Shipyard, c. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1898
Location: Kittery; Portsmouth
Media: Photoprint
Item 13279
Title: Oriental Powder Mills, South Windham, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1855
Location: Windham
Media: Ink on paper
Item 5781
Title: Portland Company employees, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1917
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
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When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.