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Item 15633
Title: Harry Hayman Cochrane, Monmouth, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Monmouth Museum
Date: circa 1905
Location: Monmouth
Media: matted studio photograph
Item 14101
Title: Paul Tower, Brewer, 1962
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library
Date: 1962
Location: Brewer
Media: Photograph
Item 26609
Title: Humphrey House, Thomaston, ca. 1871
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society
Date: circa 1871
Location: Thomaston
Media: Black and White Photograph
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Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
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An introduction to Bangor history as depicted by a broad-based group of city institutions and organizations. Partners included the middle-level William S. Cohen and James F. Doughty Schools, Bangor High School, Bangor Public Library, Bangor Museum and Center for History, and individual city historians. Topics covered include early railroads, natural disasters, the Brady Gang, the Civil War, and the 1940s.