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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"Positions such as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were opening up (by now typewriters were common in business…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"Looked after, often stored away as they moved past updating, this type of garment often survives to become part of a historic collection."

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Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Their houses, stores, and some of their relatives or friends died or were destroyed during the blizzard."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… Free Library “In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start delivering it."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"May jobs and stores that families worked and bought food didn’t get enough money and went out of business."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Owners of a local store Leigh and Wingate had 300 barrels of flour taken from them by these mighty waters."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"1950 Contributed by Presque Isle Fire Department Description The photograph was taken in December in the early 1950s with both the Presque…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… with a truck! In the spring when people couldn’t store their food in the cellar any longer without it going bad we would start delivering it."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… one who purchased the property that the Bath Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… suits, with slightly dropped waists advertised by stores such as New York’s Altmans would also have been available throughout Maine, but are not…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of the nineteenth century, the Presque Isle Fire Department had been incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque Isle…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo Patent, the before-mention tract of land…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A committee from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… this fire were Columbia Hall, candy and meat stores, grocery stores, and a restaurant. One of the buildings that needed considerable reconstruction…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Many large department stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at 10:00 AM."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… two local department stores (Senter’s and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"A year later, more people joined the fire department. It was now up to 25 men. When 1954 came, the town had built a two-bay fire station."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… Parks and Plants for Baxter State Park, and the Department of Conservation. He also helped to manage the state’s 175,000 acres of public land."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… was comprised of hotels, general stores, milinery stores, fire department, sawmills, churches, schools, parks, doctors, golf course, social…"

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National Archives at Boston

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"Main Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… photo below, Abe Morris, Manager of Koritsky's Department Store, on the left and Gordon Crockett, right, are inside Crockett's Bakery on Elm Street…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… old she made books her friend & has never yet departed from them.' In the center, she is shown as she appeared in her dancing debut at age 5, in…"