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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Interviews

"… Ice Storm Written Interviews Paul Guay, businessman interviewed by Steve Guay Wendy Wingate a private homeowner in Hallowell, interviewed by Clio…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… Description George Francis Train, a businessman who organized of the Union Pacific Railroad, spoke at the Democratic Convention in Bangor…"

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Steep Falls Library

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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… featured an advertisement placed by a local businessman searching for the raw material of the the much needed soap."

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

"… mayor was Daniel Eton Somes, a developer and businessman who built the Somesville neighborhood in Saco and the Somes Block on Main Street in…"

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Porter Memorial Library

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Blue Hill Historical Society

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Walker Memorial Library

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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"… century, Julia Carroll was the granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the daughter of real estate developer Charles Q."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… wide, and he was looked upon as a rising young businessman. After Elmer Thomas’ death, his chief draftsman, William R."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… doctor, lawyer, judge, gentleman farmer, and businessman. According to family tradition, in 1771 Dr."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… bridge builder, a wagon & carriage builder and a businessman in the Corn Canning Industry. All of the boys in the family had that same tendency to…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"He and partners, first the wealthy businessman William Duer, and later the prominent Philadelphian William Bingham, purchased vast tracts of land in…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Paine was a determined businessman, continuing his trading business despite the Embargo Act imposed on all American vessels in 1807 by Congress."

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… to get along with everyone, and was a first-class businessman as well as architect. Following George M."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… mansion of John Bundy Brown, Portland’s leading businessman. Showing the west elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in…"

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… her husband, Edward Vaill, a prominent Portland businessman, had envisioned and planned. After her death in 1957 at the age of 79, her residence at…"

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Coggins, the shipyard owner, was an astute businessman as well as an outstanding ship builder."

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

"… was a women's dress shop, operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He was a successful businessman in Waterville for 25 years, prior to purchasing Burnham’s Auto Supply."

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… as a public servant and even now as a private businessman. William S. Cohen graduated from Bangor High in 1958 where he was named to an all-state…"